Analysis of Cantico del Sole
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
Troubles my sleep,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
Troubles my sleep.
Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant,
Now lettest thou thy servant
Depart in peace.
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation...
Oh well!
It troubles my sleep.
| Scheme | ABCDaBCeefDDABgc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110100111 1010101100 1011 01110100 011111110100111 1010101100 1011 11111110 111110 0101 01110100 01110100 01110100111 1010101100 11 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 548 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 416 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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