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 |
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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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