Analysis of To Whistler, American
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
On the loan exhibit of his paintings at the Tate Gallery.
You also, our first great,
Had tried all ways;
Tested and pried and worked in many fashions,
And this much gives me heart to play the game.
Here is part that's slight, and part gone wrong,
And much of little moment, and some few
Perfect as Diirer!
'In the Studio' and these two portraits, if I had my choice!
And then these sketches in the mood of Greece?
You had your searches, your uncertainties,
And this is good to know for us, I mean,
Who bear the brunt of our America
And try to wrench her impulse into art.
You were not always sure, not always set
To hiding night or tuning ^symphonies';
Had not one style from birth, but tried and pried
And stretched and tampered with the media.
You and Abe Lincoln from that mass of dolts
Show us there's chance at least of winning through.
Scheme | A XBXX XCAXX XXDX XBXD BC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1010101110101100 1101011 1111 10010101010 0111111101 111110111 0111010011 0111 00100111011111 0111000111 1111010100 0111111111 11011100100 0111010011 10111111 11011101 1111111101 0101010100 1011011111 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 830 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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