Analysis of South-Folk In Cold Country
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
The Dai horse neighs against the bleak wind of Etsu,
The birds of Etsu have no love for En, in the north,
Emotion is born out of habit.
Yesterday we went out of the Wild-Goose gate,
To-day from the Dragon-Pen.
Surprised. Desert turmoil. Sea sun.
Flying snow bewilders the barbarian heaven.
Lice swarm like ants over our accoutrements.
Mind and spirit drive on the feathery banners.
Hard fight gets no reward.
Loyalty is hard to explain.
Who will be sorry for General Rishogu,
the swift moving,
Whose white head is lost for this province?
| Scheme | ABCDEFFGHIJKKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101011110 0111011111001 010111110 1011110111 1110101 0110111 1010100010010 111110100100 101011010010 111101 10011101 1111011001 0110 111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 532 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 424 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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