Five Haiku
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
The wind
Undecided
Rolls a cigarette of air
The mute girl talks:
It is art's imperfection.
This impenetrable speech.
The motor car is truly launched:
Four martyrs' heads
Roll under the wheels.
Ah! a thousand flames, a fire,
The light, a shadow!
The sun is following me.
A feather gives to a hat
A touch of lightness:
The chimney smokes.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 344 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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