Analysis of The Picture
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The eyes of this dead lady speak to me,
For here was love, was not to be drowned out.
And here desire, not to be kissed away.
The eyes of this dead lady speak to me.
| Scheme | AbcA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111110111 1111111111 01010111101 0111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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