Analysis of Gentildonna
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
She passed and left no quiver in the veins, who now
Moving among the trees, and clinging
in the air she severed,
Fanning the grass she walked on then, endures:
Grey olive leaves beneath a rain-cold sky.
Scheme | ABCDE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Tanka (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 110111000111 100101010 001110 1001111101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 206 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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