Analysis of The Fault of It
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Some may have blamed us that we cease to speak
Of things we spoke of in our verses early,
Saying: a lovely voice is such as such;
Saying: that lady's eyes were sad last week,
Wherein the world's whole joy is born and dies;
Saying: she hath this way or that, this much
Of grace, this way or that, this much
Of grace, this little misericorde;
Ask us no further word;
If we were proud, then proud to be so wise
Ask us no more of all the things ye heard;
We may not speak of them, they touch us nearly.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 111110101010 1001011111 1011010111 0101111101 1011111111 11111111 111101 111101 1101111111 1111110111 11111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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