This is an analysis of Alf’s Tenth Bit by Ezra Pound.

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Scarce and thin, scarce and thin…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbccdb eXeeaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,
  • Metre: 1 111111 010001 1011011 100101 10010111 1001010101 10110100 11101011 10111011 11011000 110111101 110101011 010011101 11100101 01001010 010100110101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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