Analysis of Albatre
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
This lady in the white bath-robe which she calls a
peignoir,
Is, for the time being, the mistress of my friend,
And the delicate white feet of her little white dog
Are not more delicate than she is,
Nor would Gautier himself have despised their contrasts
in whiteness
As she sits in the great chair
Between the two indolent candles.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGBH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110001111110 1 110110010111 0010011101011 111100111 1110001101110 010 1110011 010110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 266 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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