Analysis of The Seeing Eye
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The small dogs look at the big dogs;
They observe unwieldy dimensions
And curious imperfections of odor.
Here is the formal male group:
The young men look upon their seniors,
They consider the elderly mind
And observe its inexplicable correlations.
Said Tsin-Tsu:
It is only in small dogs and the young
That we find minute observation
| Scheme | XAXXXXA XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01111011 101010010 0100010110 1101011 011101110 101001001 00110100010 111 1110011001 11110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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