Analysis of La terre est bleue

Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)



La terre est bleue comme une orange
Jamais une erreur les mots ne mentent pas
Ils ne vous donnent plus à chanter
Au tour des baisers de s'entendre
Les fous et les amours
Elle sa bouche d'alliance
Tous les secrets tous les sourires
Et quels vêtements d'indulgence
À la croire toute nue.
Les guêpes fleurissent vert
L'aube se passe autour du cou
Un collier de fenêtres
Des ailes couvrent les feuilles
Tu as toutes les joies solaires
Tout le soleil sur la terre
Sur les chemins de ta beauté.


Scheme ABCCBDBDEFGBBBCF
Poetic Form
Metre 1100111110 11111111 111111 111111010 11111 1111010 1110111 11111010 1111 11111 1111111 110111 11111 111111 10011110 1110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 502
Words 91
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 388
Words per stanza (avg) 89
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Paul Eluard

Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel, was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement. more…

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