Analysis of Alf’s Second Bit

Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)



Manhood of England,
Dougth of the Shires,
Want Russia to save 'em
And answer their prayers.
Want Russia to save 'em,
Lenin to save 'em, Trotsky to save 'em
(And valets to shave 'em)
The youth of the Shires!

Down there in Cambridge
Between auction and plain bridge,
Romance, revolution 1918!
An idea between 'em
I says! 'ave you seen 'em?
The flower of Cambridge,
The youth of the Shires?


Scheme xaBxBbbA ccxbbcA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 1110 1101 110111 01011 110111 101111111 01111 01101 11010 0110011 01010 1010011 111111 010110 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 396
Words 74
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 7
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 21, 2023

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic of the early modernist movement. more…

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