Analysis of The Bath-Tub
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
As a bathtub lined with white porcelain,
When the hot water gives out or goes tepid,
So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion,
O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111100 10110111110 110110110110 11111101001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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