Analysis of The Birds
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
The world begins again!
Not wholly insufflated
the blackbirds in the rain
upon the dead topbranches
of the living tree,
stuck fast to the low clouds,
notate the dawn.
Their shrill cries sound
announcing appetite
and drop among the bending roses
and the dripping grass.
| Scheme | ABCDEDFBBDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 1101 010001 01011 10101 111011 101 1111 01010 010101010 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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