Analysis of An Object

Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)



This thing, that hath a code and not a core,
Hath set acquaintance where might be affections,
And nothing now
Disturbeth his reflections.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1111010101 11010111010 0101 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 142
Words 25
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 09, 2023

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic of the early modernist movement. more…

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