Analysis of Marizibill

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



Dans la Haute-Rue à Cologne
Elle allait et venait le soir
Offerte à tous en tout mignonne
Puis buvait lasse des trottoirs
Très tard dans les brasseries borgnes

Elle se mettait sur la paille
Pour un maquereau roux et rose
C'était un juif il sentait l'ail
Et l'avait venant de Formose
Tirée d'un bordel de Changaï

Je connais des gens de toutes sortes
Ils n'égalent pas leurs destins
Indécis comme feuilles mortes
Leurs yeux sont des feux mal éteints
Leurs coeurs bougent comme leurs portes


Scheme AXABB CBCBX BBBBB
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111101 11111 11111 1111111 111111 111111 11111111 11111 1111111 1111111 111111 11111 1111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 502
Words 87
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 08, 2023

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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