Analysis of Ladies
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Agathas
Four and forty lovers had Agathas in the old days,
All of whom she refused;
And now she turns to me seeking love,
And her hair also is turning.
Young Lady
I have fed your lar with poppies,
I have adored you for three full years;
And now you grumble because your dress does not fit
And because I happen to say so.
Lesbia Illa
Memnon, Menmon, that lady
Who used to walk about amongst us
With such gracious uncertainty,
Is now wedded
To a British householder.
Lugete, Veneres! Lugete, Cupidinesque !
Passing
Flawless as Aphrodite,
Thoroughly beautiful,
Brainless,
The faint odour of your patchouli,
Faint, almost, as the lines of cruelty about your chin,
Assails me, and concerns me almost as little.
Scheme | AAXXB CAAXA DCACXXB BCDADXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 101010110011 111101 011111101 00110110 110 11111110 110111111 011100111111 001110111 11 11110 111101011 11100100 1110 101010 1111 10 101010 100100 10 011111 111011100111 01100111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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