Analysis of The Curve Of Your Eyes
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
The curve of your eyes embraces my heart
A ring of sweetness and dance
halo of time, sure nocturnal cradle,
And if I no longer know all I have lived through
It’s that your eyes have not always been mine.
Leaves of day and moss of dew,
Reeds of breeze, smiles perfumed,
Wings covering the world of light,
Boats charged with sky and sea,
Hunters of sound and sources of colour
Perfume enclosed by a covey of dawns
that beds forever on the straw of stars,
As the day depends on innocence
The whole world depends on your pure eyes
And all my blood flows under their sight.
| Scheme | XXXAX AXBXA XXXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0111101011 0111001 1011101010 011110111111 111111111 1110111 111101 11000111 111101 101101011 0101101011 1101010111 101011100 011011111 011111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 564 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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