Analysis of De Ægypto
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
I even I, am he who knoweth the roads
Through the sky, and the wind thereof is my body.
I have beheld the Lady of Life,
I, even I, who fly with the swallows.
Green and gray is her raiment,
Trailing along the wind.
I, even I, am he who knoweth the roads
Through the sky, and the wind thereof is my body.
Manus animam pinxit,
My pen is in my hand
To write the acceptable word. . . .
My mouth to chant the pure singing!
Who hath the mouth to receive it,
The song of the Lotus of Kumi?
I, even I, am he who knoweth the roads
Through the sky, and the wind thereof is my body.
I am flame that riseth in the sun,
I, even I, who fly with the swallows.
The moon is upon my forehead,
The winds are under my lips.
The moon is a great pearl in the waters of sapphire,
Cool to my fingers the flowing waters.
I, even I, am he who knoweth the roads
Through the sky, and the wind thereof is my body.
Scheme | AB xC bx AB bx xx xx AB xC xx xx AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 10100111110 11101011 1101111010 101101 100101 1101111101 10100111110 1011 111011 11001001 11110110 11011011 01101011 1101111101 10100111110 11111001 1101111010 01101110 0111011 01101100101100 1111001010 1101111101 10100111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 868 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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