Analysis of L'avenir
Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)
Soulevons la paille
Regardons la neige
Écrivons des lettres
Attendons des ordres
Fumons la pipe
En songeant à l'amour
Les gabions sont là
Regardons la rose
La fontaine n'a pas tari
Pas plus que l'or de la paille ne s'est terni
Regardons l'abeille
Et ne songeons pas à l'avenir
Regardons nos mains
Qui sont la neige
La rose et l'abeille
Ainsi que l'avenir
| Scheme | ABCC XDXC DXAD CBAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111 111 111 111 1110 1111 111 1011011 1111111111011 11 11111 111 1111 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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