Analysis of The Summons
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
I can not bow to woo thee
With honey words and flower kisses
And the dew of sweet half-truths
Fallen on the grass of old quaint love-tales
Of broidered days foredone.
Nor in the murmurous twilight
May I sit below thee,
Worshiping in whispers
Tremulous as far-heard bells.
All these things have I known once
And passed
In that gay youth I had but yester-year.
And that is gone
As the shadow of wind.
Nay, I can not woo thee thus;
But as I am ever swept upward
To the centre of all truth
So must I bear thee with me
Rapt into this great involving flame,
Calling ever from the midst thereof,
"Follow! Follow!"
And in the glory of our meeting
Shall the power be reborn.
And together in the midst of this power
Must we, each outstriving each,
Cry eternally:
"I come, go thou yet further."
And again, "Follow,"
For we may not tarry.
Scheme | ABCDEFAGHIJKELMNOAPQRSETUATRA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 110101010 0011111 1010111111 1111 10011 111011 1010 1001111 1111111 01 011111111 0111 10111 1111111 111110110 1010111 1111111 101110101 10101011 1010 0001011010 1010111 00100011110 11111 10100 1111110 00110 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 806 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 641 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 156 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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