This is an analysis of In Tempore Senectutis by Ezra Pound.

When I am old
I will not have you look apart…

Browse poems by Ezra Pound

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbabccdA Aeaeeeea AeXeXcbdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,9,
  • Metre: 1111 10111101 010001 1011 10101010 00101110 1011101 1111 1111 10111010 100111 11010 11111110 01000110 11111110 01011111 1111 01010 1011101 11101010 011011100 011110 101010111 111101 11110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

when

Epiphora

old