Analysis of Ité
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Go, my songs, seek your praise from the young
and from the intolerant,
Move among the lovers of perfection alone.
Seek ever to stand in the hard Sophoclean light
And take you wounds from it gladly.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111111101 0100100 101010101001 1101100111 01111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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