Analysis of Silet

Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)



When I behold how black, immortal ink
Drips from my deathless pen - ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.

It is enough that we once came together;
What is the use of setting it to rime?
When it is autumn do we get spring weather,
Or gather may of harsh northwindish time?

It is enough that we once came together;
What if the wind have turned against the rain?
It is enough that we once came together;
Time has seen this, and will not turn again;

And who are we, who know that last intent,
To plague to-morrow with a testament!


Scheme abab Cdcd CxCx xx
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 111111101 1111111111 1101011111 11011111010 1101110111 11110111110 11011111 11011111010 1101110101 11011111010 1111011101 0111111101 1111010100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 583
Words 118
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 17, 2023

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic of the early modernist movement. more…

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