Analysis of N. Y.
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
My City, my beloved, my white! Ah, slender,
Listen! Listen to me, and I will breathe into thee a soul.
Delicately upon the reed, attend me!
Now do I know that I am mad,
For here are a million people surly with traffic;
This is no maid.
Neither could I play upon any reed if I had one.
My City, my beloved,
Thou art a maid with no breasts,
Thou art slender as a silver reed.
Listen to me, attend me!
And I will breathe into thee a soul,
And thou shalt live for ever.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111110 101011011101101 10000101011 11111111 1110101010110 1111 10111011011111 110101 1101111 111010101 1011011 011101101 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 461 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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