Analysis of Ballatetta
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The light became her grace and dwelt among
Blind eyes and shadows that are formed as men;
Lo, how the light doth melt us into song:
The broken sunlight for a healm she beareth
Who hath my heart in jurisdiction.
In wild-wood never fawn nor fallow fareth
So silent light; no gossamer is spun
So delicate as she is, when the sun
Drives the clear emeralds from the bended grasses
Lest they should parch too swiftly, where she passes.
| Scheme | XXX ABABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0101010101 110111111 1101111011 010110111 11110010 011101111 1101110011 1100111101 10110101010 11111101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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