Analysis of Mutation

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



Une femme qui pleurait
    Eh ! Oh ! Ha !
    Des soldats qui passaient
    Eh ! Oh ! Ha !
    Un éclusier qui pêchait
    Eh ! Oh ! Ha !
    Les tranchées qui blanchissaient
    Eh ! Oh ! Ha !
    Des obus qui pétaient
    Eh ! Oh ! Ha !
    Des allumettes qui ne prenaient pas
    Et tout

A tant changé
    En moi
    Tout
    Sauf mon Amour
        Eh ! Oh ! Ha !


Scheme aBaBaBaBaBxa xbaxB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 111 1111 111 11111 111 11111 111 11111 111 111111 11 011 11 1 111 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 367
Words 57
Sentences 19
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 5
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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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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