Analysis of Notes for Canto CXX
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
I have tried to write Paradise
Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise.
Let the Gods forgive what I
have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.
| Scheme | A XXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 111 1011 1110 1010111 11 11111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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