Analysis of Heather
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The black panther treads at my side,
And above my fingers
There float the petal-like flames.
The milk-white girls
Unbend from the holly-trees,
And their snow-white leopard
Watches to follow our trace.
| Scheme | XXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101111 001110 1101011 0111 110101 011110 10110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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