Analysis of In Exitum Cuiusdam
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
On a certain one's departure
‘Time's bitter flood'! Oh, that's all very well,
But where's the old friend hasn't fallen off,
Or slacked his hand-grip when you first gripped fame?
I know your circle and can fairly tell
What you have kept and what you’ve left behind:
I know my circle and know very well
How many faces I'd have out of mind.
| Scheme | X AXXABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 1101111101 1101110101 1111111111 1111001101 1111011101 1111001101 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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