This is an analysis of Lament Of The Frontier Guard by Ezra Pound.
By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdaeXfffXddccagXdcfegdXb
- Stanza lengths: 26,
- Metre: 1011011101 100001001011 1101110010 11010110 01101001 10010010110 101110010 1100101 11100111 11001 111010010010 1110100110101 1001 0100110110010 01101111001010 11011010 1101011 100111010010 1001001 1110011010 11001110101 11111010101011 01001010 111010010 110011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
with, who, brought, sorrow, and
Anaphora
who, a
