Analysis of Play
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,
by what devious means do you contrive
to remain idle? Teach me, O master.
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1010110111 1110011101 1011011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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