Analysis of In The Carolinas
Wallace Stevens 1879 (Reading) – 1955 (Hartford)
The lilacs wither in the Carolinas.
Already the butterflies flutter above the cabins.
Already the new-born children interpret love
In the voices of mothers.
Timeless mothers,
How is it that your aspic nipples
For once vent honey?
The pine-tree sweetens my body
The white iris beautifies me.
| Scheme | XXXA AXB BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011000010 0100101001010 010011100101 0010110 1010 11111110 11110 01110110 011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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