Another Bit And An Offer
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
I see by the morning papers
That America's sturdy sons
Have started a investigation
Of the making of guns.
The morning paper tells me
They have asked the senate to guess
Whether Mr. Dupont and the gun-sharks
Have influence with the press.
I sit alone in the twilight
After my work is done
And wonder if my day's three and eight-pence
Would count on the price of a gun.
Was I started wrong as a kiddie,
And would my old man have been smarter
To send me to work in Vickers
Instead of being a carter?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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Scheme | ABCB DEXE XCXC DFAF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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