This is an analysis of Alf’s Fifth Bit by Ezra Pound.
The pomps of butchery, financial power,
Told 'em to die in war, and then to save,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede dXXX fgfgg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 01010001010 1001011101 11110001110 1001011001 01011100111 1111111101 0101110101 1101010111 1111110111 0101011101 1101011001 1111110001 1101011101010 101101010110 110001010101 11110111000 1111010101 1101011100 00110111111111 1101011101 0111110110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
to, hid, and, more, back
