Analysis of The Coming Of War: Actaeon
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
An image of Lethe,
and the fields
Full of faint light
but golden,
Gray cliffs,
and beneath them
A sea
Harsher than granite,
unstill, never ceasing;
High forms
with the movement of gods,
Perilous aspect;
And one said:
'This is Actaeon.'
Actaeon of golden greaves!
Over fair meadows,
Over the cool face of that field,
Unstill, ever moving
Hosts of an ancient people,
The silent cortège.
| Scheme | XXXAXX XXBXXXXAXXXBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 11011 001 1111 110 11 0011 01 10110 11010 11 101011 1001 011 111 11101 1011 10011111 11010 1111010 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 14 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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