Analysis of And Thus In Nineveh
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Aye! I am a poet and upon my tomb
Shall maidens scatter rose leaves
And men myrtles, ere the night
Slays day with her dark sword.
'Lo ! this thing is not mine
Nor thine to hinder,
For the custom is full old,
And here in Nineveh have I beheld
Many a singer pass and take his place
In those dim halls where no man troubleth
His sleep or song.
And many a one hath sung his songs
More craftily, more subtle-souled than I;
And many a one now doth surpass
My wave-worn beauty with his wind of flowers,
Yet am I poet, and upon my tomb
Shall all men scatter rose leaves
Ere the night slay light
With her blue sword.
‘It is not, Raana, that my song rings highest
Or more sweet in tone than any, but that I
Am here a Poet, that doth drink of life
As lesser men drink wine.’
Scheme | ABCD EXXCXXXXFXXABCD XFXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101000111 1101011 0110101 111011 111111 11110 1010111 010100111 1001010111 01111111 1111 010011111 11110111 010011101 11110111110 1111000111 1111011 10111 1011 1111111110 11101110111 1101011111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 15, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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