Analysis of To A Poor Old Woman
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
munching a plum on
the street a paper bag
of them in her hand
They taste good to her
They taste good
to her. They taste
good to her
You can see it by
the way she gives herself
to the one half
sucked out in her hand
Comforted
a solace of ripe plums
seeming to fill the air
They taste good to her
| Scheme | xxa Bxxb xxxa xxxB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 10011 010101 11001 11110 111 1011 110 11111 011101 1011 11001 100 010111 101101 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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