Analysis of A Girl
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast -
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.
Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.
| Scheme | XAXXA BBXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 0111011 01101011 0111011 10 010111111 111 111 1110011011 011111 011110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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