Analysis of Rome
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
O thou newcomer who seek’st Rome in Rome
And find’st in Rome no thing thou canst call Roman;
Arches worn old and palaces made common
Rome’s name alone within these walls keeps home.
Behold how pride and ruin can befall
One who hath set the whole world ’neath her laws,
All-conquering, now conquered, because
She is Time’s prey, and Time conquereth all.
Rome that art Rome’s one sole last monument,
Rome that alone hast conquered Rome the town,
Tiber alone, transient and seaward bent,
Remains of Rome. O world, thou unconstant mime!
That which stands firm in thee Time batters down,
And that which fleeteth doth outrun swift Time.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011101 01011111110 10110100110 1101011111 0111010101 1111011101 110011001 11110111 1111111100 1101110101 1001100101 011111111 1111011101 011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 637 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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