Analysis of Image From D'Orleans
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Young men riding in the street
In the bright new season
Spur without reason
Causing their steeds to leap.
And at the pace they keep
Their horses' armoured feet
Strike sparks from the cobbled street
In the bright new season.
| Scheme | aBbc caaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110001 001110 10110 101111 010111 11011 1110101 001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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