Analysis of Horae Beatae Inscripto
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
How will this beauty, when I am far hence,
Sweep back upon me and engulf my mind!
How will these hours, when we twain are gray,
Turned in their sapphire tide, come flooding o'er us!
| Scheme | XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111011111 1101100111 1111011111 1011001110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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