Analysis of Obsession
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
After years of wisdom
During which the world was transparent as a needle
Was it cooing about something else?
After having vied with returned favours squandered treasure
More than a red lip with a red tip
And more than a white leg with a white foot
Where then do we think we are?
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 1010110101010 111001101 1010110111010 110111011 0110111011 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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