Analysis of Taking Leave of a Friend
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Blue mountains to the north of the walls,
White river winding about them;
Here we must make separation
And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.
Mind like a floating wide cloud,
Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances
Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance.
Our horses neigh to each others
as we are departing.
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Metre | 110101101 11010011 1111010 01110101111 1101011 11010110100 11101111010 101011110 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 332 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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