Analysis of M. Pom-Pom
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
M. Pom-POM allait en guerre
Per vendere cannoni
Mon beau grand frère
Ne peut plus voir
Per vendere cannoni.
M. Pom-POM est au sénat
Per vendere cannoni
Pour vendre des canons
Pour vendre des canons
To sell the god damn'd frogs
A few more canon,
| Scheme | xAxxA xABBxa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111 11111 1111 111 11101111 111 11110 11110 110111 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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