Analysis of Light Hearted William
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
Light hearted William twirled
his November moustaches
and, half dressed, looked
from the bedroom window
upon the spring weather.
Heigh-ya! sighed he gaily
leaning out to see
up and down the street
where a heavy sunlight
lay beyond some blue shadows.
Into the room he drew
his head again and laughed
to himself quietly
twirling his green moustaches.
Scheme | XAXXX BAXXA XXBA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 10101 0111 10110 010110 111110 10111 10101 10101 101111 010111 110101 101100 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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