Analysis of The Eyes
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Rest Master, for we be a-weary, weary
And would feel the fingers of the wind
Upon these lids that lie over us
Sodden and lead-heavy.
Rest brother, for lo ! the dawn is without !
The yellow flame paleth
And the wax runs low.
Free us, for without be goodly colours,
Green of the wood-moss and flower colours,
And coolness beneath the trees.
Free us, for we perish
In this ever-flowing monotony
Of ugly print marks, black
Upon white parchment.
Free us, for there is one
Whose smile more availeth
Than all the age-old knowledge of thy books:
And we would look thereon.
Scheme | AXBA XCX BBX XAXX XCXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101010 011010101 011111101 100110 1101101101 01011 00111 111011101 110110101 0100101 111110 0110100100 110111 01110 111111 1111 1101110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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