Analysis of Proclamation Without Pretension

Tristan Tzara 1896 (Moinești) – 1963 (Paris)



Art is going to sleep for a new world to be born
"ART"-parrot word-replaced by DADA,
PLESIOSAURUS, or handkerchief

The talent THAT CAN BE LEARNED makes the
poet a druggist TODAY the criticism
of balances no longer challenges with resemblances

Hypertrophic painters hyperaes-
theticized and hypnotized by the hyacinths
of the hypocritical-looking muezzins

CONSOLIDATE THE HARVEST OF EX-
ACT CALCULATIONS

Hypodrome of immortal guarantees: there is
no such thing as importance there is no transparence
or appearance

MUSICIANS SMASH YOUR INSTRUMENTS
BLIND MEN take the stage

THE SYRINGE is only for my understanding. I write because it is
natural exactly the way I piss the way I'm sick

ART NEEDS AN OPERATION

Art is a PRETENSION warmed by the
TIMIDITY of the urinary basin, the hysteria born
in THE STUDIO

We are in search of
the force that is direct pure sober
UNIQUE we are in search of NOTHING
we affirm the VITALITY of every IN-
STANT

the anti-philosophy of spontaneous acrobatics

At this moment I hate the man who whispers
before the intermission-eau de cologne-
sour theatre. THE JOYOUS WIND

If each man says the opposite it is because he is
right

Get ready for the action of the geyser of our blood
-submarine formation of transchromatic aero-
planes, cellular metals numbered in
the flight of images

above the rules of the
and its control

It is not for the sawed-off imps
who still worship their navel


Scheme AXX BXC CXC XX DCX XX DX X BAE XXXFX X XXX DX XEFC BX CX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111011111 1101111 11100 010111110 10010010100 110011010010100 010101 101010100 100100101 01001011 1010 110100111 11110101111 1010 01011100 11101 00111011010110111 10001001110111 111010 110010110 01001010010001001 0010 11011 011101110 011101110 1010010011000 1 010010010100010 11101101110 0100101101 101000101 11110100110111 1 110101010101101 100101110 110010100 011100 010110 0101 11110111 1110110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,387
Words 241
Sentences 3
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. more…

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