Laurel · Ezra Pound

Lustra

Ezra Pound (1885–1972) · 1916

Free verse · 1,597 lines in 88 sections

Pound's Imagist and satirical poems: "In a Station of the Metro", "The Garden", "Salutation".

Measured across the book

Across its 1,597 lines, 89% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 88% to 90%). Alliteration runs at 0.94 times what shuffling the words would give (0.22 observed against 0.24 expected). 45% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

Tenzoneunrhymed · 14 lines The Condolenceunrhymed · 23 lines The Garretiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 11 lines The Gardeniambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 14 lines Ortusiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 16 lines Salutationiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 10 lines The Springiambic trimeter · 13 lines Albâtreunrhymed · 7 lines Causa4 lines A Pactiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 9 lines Surgit Famatrochaic trimeter · unrhymed · 19 lines Preference12 lines For the Marriage in Cana of Galileeunrhymed · 25 lines Apriliambic trimeter · unrhymed · 6 lines Gentildonna4 lines The Resttrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 19 lines Les Millwinunrhymed · 14 lines Further Instructionsunrhymed · 23 lines A Song of the Degrees IIiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 7 lines A Song of the Degrees IIIunrhymed · 6 lines Ite4 lines Dum Capitolium Scandettrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 10 lines The Study in Aestheticsanapaestic trimeter · 22 lines The Bellaires46 lines Salvationists II8 lines Salvationists IIIunrhymed · 7 lines Arides8 lines The Bath Tub4 lines Amitiéstrochaic tetrameter · 22 lines To Dives4 lines Agathas4 lines Young Lady4 lines Lesbia Illatrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 6 lines Passingunrhymed · 6 lines Ancoraiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 16 lines From the Provençal of En Bertrans De Born70 lines The Coming of War: Actaeoniambic trimeter · unrhymed · 20 lines After Ch’u Yuananapaestic trimeter · 10 lines Liu Ch’etrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 8 lines Heatheriambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 7 lines The Faununrhymed · 9 lines Pervigiliumdactylic trimeter · unrhymed · 9 lines The Encounter5 lines Temporaiambic tetrameter · 8 lines Black Slippers: Bellottiunrhymed · 11 lines Society4 lines Image from D’Orleansiambic trimeter · AABB · 8 lines Papyrus11 lines Shop Girl5 lines After Valerius Catullusunrhymed · 9 lines Tame Catanapaestic tetrameter · unrhymed · 9 lines Simulacraunrhymed · 6 lines Epilogueunrhymed · 10 lines The Social Order I4 lines The Social Order IIunrhymed · 15 lines The Tea Shopiambic tetrameter · 9 lines Our Contemporaries5 lines The Three Poetsiambic hexameter · 7 lines The Gipsy16 lines The Game of Chesstrochaic tetrameter · 14 lines Provincia Deserta79 lines Song of the Bowmen of Shu27 lines The Beautiful Toiletunrhymed · 11 lines The River Song43 lines The River-Merchant’s Wife: a Letterfree verse · unrhymed · 30 lines The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance4 lines Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shinunrhymed · 34 lines Lament of the Frontier Guard25 lines Exile’s Letterunrhymed · 82 lines Four Poems of Departureanapaestic trimeter · unrhymed · 6 lines Separation on the River Kiang5 lines Taking Leave of a Friendunrhymed · 21 lines The City of Choan13 lines South-Folk in Cold Countryiambic hexameter · 14 lines Sennin Poem by Kakuhakuiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 16 lines A Ballad of the Mulberry Roadiambic pentameter · 18 lines Old Idea of Choan by Rosoriuiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 61 lines Near Perigordiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 97 lines Poem IIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 75 lines Poem IIIiambic pentameter · 24 lines Villanelle: the Psychological Houriambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 30 lines Poem IIiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 8 lines Poem III36 lines To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancersunrhymed · 86 lines Homage to Quintus Septimius Florentis Christianus II4 lines Anyte III4 lines Troyunrhymed · 8 lines Fish and the Shadowunrhymed · 20 lines

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