Analysis of The Jewel Stairs' Grievance
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The jewelled steps are already quite white with dew,
It is so late that the dew soaks my gauze stockings,
And I let down the crystal curtain
And watch the moon through the clear autumn.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110101111 111110111110 011101010 010110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 190 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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