Analysis of The Tree
Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)
I stood still and was a tree amid the wood,
Knowing the truth of things unseen before;
Of Daphne and the laurel bow
And that god-feasting couple old
that grew elm-oak amid the wold.
'Twas not until the gods had been
Kindly entreated, and been brought within
Unto the hearth of their heart's home
That they might do this wonder thing;
Nathless I have been a tree amid the wood
And many a new thing understood
That was rank folly to my head before.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010101 1001110101 11000101 01110101 11110101 11010111 10101101 10011111 11111101 1111010101 01001101 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 353 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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