Analysis of Coitus
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The gilded phaloi of the crocuses
are thrusting at the spring air.
Here is there naught of dead gods
But a procession of festival,
A procession, Giulio Romano,
Fit for your spirit to dwell in.
Dione, your nights are upon us.
The dew is upon the leaf.
The night about us is restless.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110100 1101011 1111111 100101100 001010001 11110110 10111011 0110101 01011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 282 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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