Analysis of Amities
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
To one, on returning certain years after
You wore the same quite correct clothing,
You took no pleasure at all in my triumphs,
You had the same old air of condescension
Mingled with a curious fear
That I, myself, might have enjoyed them.
Te Voilel, mon Bourrienne, you also shall be immortal.
II
To another
And we say good-bye to you also,
For you seem never to have discovered
That your relationship is wholly parasitic;
Yet to our feasts you bring neither
Wit, nor good spirits, nor the pleasing attitudes
Of discipleship.
III
But you, bos amic, we keep on,
For you we owe a real debt:
In spite of your obvious flaws,
You once discovered a moderate chop-house.
IV
Iste fuit vir incultus,
Deo Laus, quod est sepultus,
Vermes habent eius vultum
A-a-a-a –A-men.
Ego autem jovialis
Gaudero contubernalis
Cum jocunda femina.
Scheme | A XBXXCX DA XXXAXX DXXXX XBBCXBBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010110 110110110 11110110110 1101111010 10101001 11111011 111111011010 1 1010 011111110 1111011010 11010110010 111011110 11110101010 11 1 1111111 1111011 01111001 11010010011 1 1111 1011011 1111 000001 1011 11 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 2, 6, 5, 8 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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