Analysis of Arrival
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
And yet one arrives somehow,
finds himself loosening the hooks of
her dress
in a strange bedroom--
feels the autumn
dropping its silk and linen leaves
about her ankles.
The tawdry veined body emerges
twisted upon itself
like a winter wind . . . !
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 011011 101100011 01 0011 1010 10110101 01010 010110010 100101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 254 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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