Analysis of April
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Three spirits came to me
And drew me apart
To where the olive boughs
Lay stripped upon the ground:
Pale carnage beneath bright mist.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (80%) Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110111 01101 110101 110101 1100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 136 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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