Analysis of L'Art
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100111111 1101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 102 |
| Words | 17 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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