I said it to you for the cloudsI said it to you for the tree of the sea
For each wave for the birds in the leaves
For the pebbles of sound
For familiar hands
For the eye that becomes landscape or face
And sleep returns it the heaven of its colour
For all that night drank
For the network of roads
For the open window for a bare forehead
I said it to you for your thoughts for your words
Every caress every trust survives.
I like the simple plain sentences in the poem. I don't understand the meaning of the poem, but it has a flow to it when you read it.
ReplyDeleteEluard's use of anaphora in "I said it to you" lends the poem an effusive voice. The surrealist details connected by the anaphora ("the tree of the sea," "all that night drank") suggest that the speaker is saying what feels right instead of thinking in rational terms only. By throwing out many conventions of language, the poem attempts to express love in its purest form. And if that's really Eluard in the picture, I like the boldly blank expression on his face.
ReplyDeleteThe parallelism helps list all the the reason he said his statement to the person for. I like the second to last line "I said it to you for your thoughts for your words" because that was the best reason that stood out for me.
ReplyDeleteEluard's purposeful repetition and casual diction refers to his intention to be important in his life. He "said it to you for the tree of the sea" in order to show his intentions. The speaker wants to let a certain someone know that they are targeted as important in his life. Rather than mindless words, the speaker feels he lives his life with true esteem and purpose. Eluard's basic words and repetitions display his intents as noteworthy and purposeful.
ReplyDeleteEluard's simple repetition and purposeful language alludes to the importance of what he says. "I said it to you for the clouds
ReplyDeleteI said it to you for the tree of the sea," contaisn parrelism that helps illustrate how the speaker has siad something to someone and why he said it. "I said it to you for your thoughts for your words," conveys the fact the the speeker wants the input of the person. The speeker wants to know what the person thinks. Overall a very good poem. A bit hard to understand bu still a good poem.
The repetion through out this poem makes the author's words seem very important. Whatever the author said, he meant it deeply. Personally I think that the speaker was talking to a girl. My favorit eline in the poem is "I said it to you for the clouds." Something about this line makes it seem extremly important.
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