The Beloved
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
She is standing on my eyelids
And her hair is wound in mine,
She has the form of my hands,
She has the colour of my eyes,
She is swallowed by my shadow
Like a stone against the sky
Her eyes are always open
And will not let me sleep.
Her dreams in broad daylight
Make the suns evaporate
Make me laugh, cry and laugh,
Speak with nothing to say
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 72 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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