Analysis of The Deaf and Blind
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
Do we reach the sea with clocks
In our pockets, with the noise of the sea
In the sea, or are we the carriers
Of a purer and more silent water?
The water rubbing against our hands sharpens knives.
The warriors have found their weapons in the waves
And the sound of their blows is like
The rocks that smash the boats at night.
It is the storm and the thunder. Why not the silence
Of the flood, for we have dreamt within us
Space for the greatest silence and we breathe
Like the wind over terrible seas, like the wind
That creeps slowly over every horizon.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 01010101101 0011110100 1010011010 0101001101101 010011110001 00111111 01110111 1101001011010 1011111011 1101010011 101101001101 111010100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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