Analysis of Ancient Wisdom, Rather Cosmic
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
So-shu dreamed,
And having dreamed that he was a bird, a bee, and a butterfly,
He was uncertain why he should try to feel like anything else,
Hence his contentment.
| Scheme | XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 010111101010010 110101111111101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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