The City Of Choan
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The phoenix are at play on their terrace.
The phoenix are gone, the river Hows on alone.
Flowers and grass
Cover over the dark path
where lay the dynastic house of the Go.
The bright cloths and bright caps of Shin
Are now the base of old hills.
The Three Mountains fall through the far heaven,
The isle of White Heron
splits the two streams apart.
Now the high clouds cover the sun
And I can not see Choan afar
And I am sad.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXXXX AAXAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
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