This is an analysis of Separation On The River Kiang by Ezra Pound.

Ko-Jin goes west from Ko-kaku-ro,
The smoke-flowers are blurred over the river.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 111101101 01101110010 0111011 111110010 0111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5