This is an analysis of The Cloak by Ezra Pound.

Thou keep'st thy rose-leaf
Till the rose-time will be over,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,
  • Metre: 11111 10110010 1111011 111011 0111010 110011011 0111100101 110111 111101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

thou

Anaphora

think'st