Analysis of In Tempore Senectutis
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
When I am old
I will not have you look apart
From me, into the cold,
Friend of my heart,
Nor be sad in your remembrance
Of the careless, mad-heart semblance
That the wind hath blown away
When I am old.
When I am old
And the white hot wonder-fire
Unto the world seem cold,
My soul's desire
Know you then that all life's shower,
The rain of the years, that hour
Shall make blow for us one flower,
Including all, when we are old.
When I am old
If you remember
Any love save what is then
Hearth light unto life's December
Be your joy of past sweet chalices
To know then naught but this
"How many wonders are less sweet
Than love I bear to thee
When I am old."
| Scheme | AbabccxA Adadddda AdxdcxxxA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1111 11111101 110101 1111 11101010 10101110 1011101 1111 1111 00111010 100111 11010 11111110 01101110 11111110 01011111 1111 11010 1011111 11101010 1111111 111111 11010111 111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 639 |
| Words | 135 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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