Analysis of Francesca
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
You came in out of the night
And there were flowers in your hand,
Now you will come out of a confusion of people,
Out of a turmoil of speech about you.
I who have seen you amid the primal things
Was angry when they spoke your name
IN ordinary places.
I would that the cool waves might flow over my mind,
And that the world should dry as a dead leaf,
Or as a dandelion see-pod and be swept away,
So that I might find you again,
Alone.
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Metre | 1101101 01010011 1111110010110 110111011 11111010101 11011111 010010 111011111011 0101111011 1101001101101 11111101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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