This is an analysis of Exile’s Letter by Ezra Pound.
To So-Kin of Rakuyo, ancient friend, Chancellor of
Gen.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbcdecXdfgbhijjkcXbbjlmccfbcmfjkbnogXjahkicobcX mbakgjhgnXjjbahdacmmcedhgljbchjmdmjcmXbhbcmmbghmahjkngh
- Stanza lengths: 49,55,
- Metre: 01101001011000 100 11010111101010 1011001111 010111101111 110 110111110100 1110 01001110000110 0110 1001010100 11101110 1111001101010 10 01011001101 111111111101 01 111111011 100101 1100101010 111101111000 10 111101011001 111100011 110101100101 1010 000100010110 110110 10011010101011 1 1010101101 1101011010100 1111001101101 1 1010100110 0010100111111 1010 101001010110 1 01001111 010111011 011010 11100110101 1101 11101101110010 1010100110101 111 110010110110010 1101101 11101111010 110001111100100 10 111111111 010110 1101011111110 10110 10110111 1111101001 00101001 11011011101 111001010 110010 11111110110010 111111110010 1111101001010 0010 000101001001011 11 011010101101 1 0101101101110 10 1010010010110 0110 001111011 10100011010111 1010010110101 11 11101101101 11 10010 1011011110 10001001 1011001110100 10011001 1101011 101010010 111001101010 1101100101 111010 11100110 110 1101101110111 11011111101 10 10111101110 00101010111 0110010 100101011011010 101101001 11001 1111011 010 1100101010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 104
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, to, end
Anaphora
and, eyebrows
Anadiplosis
eyebrows
