Analysis of To Make A Dadist Poem

Tristan Tzara 1896 (Moinești) – 1963 (Paris)



Take a newspaper.
Take some scissors.
Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag.
Shake gently.
Next take out each cutting one after the other.
Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag.
The poem will resemble you.
And there you are--an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.


Scheme ABCDEFAEGH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1010 1110 111101100011111110 110100 110011110111111000111001 110 111110110010 1001000010011101 01010101 0111110000100101100100101010010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 496
Words 90
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 397
Words per stanza (avg) 88
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 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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