Analysis of The Artist
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
Mr T.
bareheaded
in a soiled undershirt
his hair standing out
on all sides
stood on his toes
heels together
arms gracefully
for the moment
curled above his head.
Then he whirled about
bounded
into the air
and with an entrechat
perfectly achieved
completed the figure.
My mother
taken by surprise
where she sat
in her invalid's chair
was left speechless.
Bravo! she cried at last
and clapped her hands.
The man's wife
came from the kitchen:
What goes on here? she said.
But the show was over.
Scheme | AAXBXXCAX DBXEAXCCXXEXXXXXDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 1 00110 11101 111 1111 1010 1100 1010 10111 11101 10 0101 0111 10001 010010 110 10101 111 0011 1110 101111 0101 011 11010 111111 101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 18 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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