Analysis of An Immorality
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Sing we for love and idleness,
Naught else is worth the having.
Though I have been in many a land,
There is naught else in living.
And I would rather have my sweet,
Though rose-leaves die of grieving,
Than do high deeds in Hungary
To pass all men's believing.
| Scheme | XA XA XA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110100 1111010 111101001 1111010 01110111 1111110 11110100 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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