Analysis of Curfew
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
What else could we do, for the doors were guarded,
What else could we do, for they had imprisoned us,
What else could we do, for the streets were forbidden us,
What else could we do, for the town was asleep?
What else could we do, for she hungered and thirsted,
What else could we do, for we were defenceless,
What else could we do, for night had descended,
What else could we do, for we were in love?
| Scheme | ABBCABAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101010 111111110101 1111110101001 11111101101 1111111101 111111101 11111111010 1111111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 307 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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