The Temperaments
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
Nine adulteries, 12 liaisons, 64 fornications and
something approaching a rape
Rest nightly upon the soul of our delicate friend
Florialis,
And yet the man is so quiet and reserved in demeanour
That he passes for both bloodless and sexless.
Bastidides, on the contrary, who both talks and writes
of nothing save copulation,
Has become the father of twins,
But he accomplished this feat at some cost;
He had to be four times cuckold.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEDDFDGA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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