Analysis of Yeux Glauques
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Gladstone was still respected,
When John Ruskin produced
'King's Treasuries'; Swinburne
And Rossetti still abused.
Foetid Buchanan lifted up his voice
When that faun's head of hers
Became a pastime for
Painters and adulterers.
The Burne-Jones cartons
Have preserved her eyes;
Still, at the Tate, they teach
Cophetua to rhapsodize;
Thin like brook-water,
With a vacant gaze.
The English Rubaiyat was still-born
In those days.
The thin, clear gaze, the same
Still darts out faun-like from the half-ruin'd face,
Questing and passive. . . .
;Ah, poor Jenny's case' . . .
Bewildered that a world
Shows no surprise
At her last maquero's
Adulteries.
Scheme | XXAX BCXC XDXD XEAE XFXF XDBB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 111010 111001 11001 0010101 101010111 111110 01011 1000100 01110 10101 110111 1110 11110 10101 0101111 011 011101 11111101101 1010 11101 010101 1101 1011 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
- 31 sec read
- 80 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Yeux Glauques" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/13416/yeux-glauques>.
Discuss this Ezra Pound poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In