Analysis of Our Life
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
We’ll not reach the goal one by one but in pairs
We know in pairs we will know all about us
We’ll love everything our children will smile
At the dark history or mourn alone
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111101 11011111011 1110101011 1011001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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