Analysis of Backward
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
A three-day-long rain from the east--
an terminable talking, talking
of no consequence--patter, patter, patter.
Hand in hand little winds
blow the thin streams aslant.
Warm. Distance cut off. Seclusion.
A few passers-by, drawn in upon themselves,
hurry from one place to another.
Winds of the white poppy! there is no escape!--
An interminable talking, talking,
talking . . .it has happened before.
Backward, backward, backward.
Scheme | ABCDAEFCGBHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101 110001010 11100101010 101101 10111 11011010 01101100101 101111010 11011011101 1010001010 10111001 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 332 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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