This is an analysis of Rome by Ezra Pound.

O thou newcomer who seek’st Rome in Rome
And find’st in Rome no thing thou canst call Roman;…

Browse poems by Ezra Pound

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ebeXaba
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
  • Metre: 1111011101 11011111110 10111100110 10101011111 0111110101 1111011101 110011001 1011111001 11110111100 1101110101 1001101101 01011111001 1111011101 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

rome

Anaphora

rome