Analysis of Post Mortem Conspectu
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
A brown, fat babe sitting in the lotus,
And you were glad and laughing
With a laughter not of this world.
It is good to splash in the water
And laughter is the end of all things.
Scheme | ABCDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Tanka (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 0111100010 0101010 10101111 111110010 010101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 182 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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