Analysis of Alf’s Seventh Bit
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Did I 'ear it 'arf in a doze:
The Co-ops was a goin' somewhere,
Did I 'ear it while pickin' 'ops;
How they better start takin' care,
That the papers were gettin' together
And the larger stores were likewise
Considering something that would, as you
Might say, be a surprise
To the Co-ops, a echo or somethin'?
They tell me that branded goods
Don't get a discount like Mr. Selfridge
Of 25 per cent, on their ads., and the woods
Is where the Co-ops are goin' to,
And that Oxford Street site
Is not suited to co-operation
A sort of'Arab's dream in the night.
''We have plenty, so let it be.'
The example of these consumers in co-operation
Might cause thought and be therefore
A peril to Selfridge and the nation.
Scheme | XAXA XBCB DEXE CFDF XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111001 0111011 1111111 1110111 101001010 0010101 0100101111 111001 101101011 1111101 1100111010 111111001 11011111 011011 111011010 0111001 11101111 00101101001010 111011 0101100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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