Analysis of Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
O fan of white silk,
clear as frost on the grass-blade,
You also are laid aside.
| Scheme | XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111011 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 86 |
| Words | 18 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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