Analysis of Shop Girl
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
For a moment she rested against me
Like a swallow half blown to the wall,
And they talk of Swinburne's women,
And the shepherdess meeting with Guido.
And the harlots of Baudelaire.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010110011 101011101 01111010 00110110 00111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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