Analysis of To Dives
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Who am I to condemn you, O Dives,
I who am as much embittered
With poverty
As you are with useless riches ?
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 11111010 1100 11111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 112 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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