This is an analysis of ‘phasellus Ille’ by Ezra Pound.
1 his papier-mâché, which you see, my friends,
Saith 'twas the worthiest of editors.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcbXaXbc aXX
- Stanza lengths: 11,3,
- Metre: 1010111111 1101000100 0111101100 11010111010 0101011101 11011101010 1001010011 11010100010 1101010101 11011011010 1110110101 1101100010 1101011100 00110101100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
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