Analysis of Guerre

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



Rameau central de combat
Contact par l'écoute
 On tire dans la direction ' des bruits entendus '
Les jeunes de la classe 1915
Et ces fils de fer électrisés
Ne pleurez donc pas sur les horreurs de la guerre
Avant elle nous n'avions que la surface
De la terre et des mers
Après elle nous aurons les abîmes
Le sous-sol et l'espace aviatique
Maîtres du timon
 Après après
 Nous prendrons toutes les joies
 Des vainqueurs qui se délassent
Femmes Jeux Usines Commerce
 Industrie Agriculture Métal
Feu Cristal Vitesse
 Voix Regard Tact à part
 Et ensemble dans le tact venu de loin
 De plus loin encore
 De l'Au-delà de cette terre


Scheme AABBBCBBBDEBBABFBGHIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 1111 11011010111 11111 1111111 1111111111 011111001110 1110111 11111111 011111 11110 1111 11111 111111 11110 10010011 1101 10111 1010101111 1111 11111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 624
Words 112
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 486
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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