The Return
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
See, they return; ah, see the tentative
Movements, and the slow feet,
The trouble in the pace and the uncertain
Wavering!
See, they return, one by one,
With fear, as half-awakened;
As if the snow should hesitate
And murmur in the wind,
and half turn back;
These were the "Wing'd-with-Awe,"
Inviolable.
Gods of the Wingèd shoe!
With them the silver hounds,
sniffing the trace of air!
Haie! Haie!
These were the swift to harry;
These the keen-scented;
These were the souls of blood.
Slow on the leash,
pallid the leash-men!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 526 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 3, 4, 2 |
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