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!
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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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