Analysis of The Altar
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Let us build here an exquisite friendship,
The flame, the autumn, and the green rose of love
Fought out their strife here, 'tis a place of wonder;
Where these have been, meet 'tis, the ground is holy.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110010 01010001111 11111101110 11111101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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