Analysis of Separation On The River Kiang
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Ko-Jin goes west from Ko-kaku-ro,
The smoke-flowers are blurred over the river.
His lone sail blots the far sky.
And now I see only the river,
The long Kiang, reaching heaven.
| Scheme | ABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111111 01101110010 1111011 011110010 0111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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