Analysis of On a Proposed Trip South

William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)



They tell me on the morrow I must leave
This winter eyrie for a southern flight
And truth to tell I tremble with delight
At thought of such unheralded reprieve.

E'er have I known December in a weave
Of blanched crystal, when, thrice one short night
Packed full with magic, and O blissful sight!
N'er May so warmly doth for April grieve.

To in a breath's space wish the winter through
And lo, to see it fading! Where, oh, where
Is caract could endow this princely boon?

Yet I have found it and shall shortly view
The lush high grasses, shortly see in air
Gay birds and hear the bees make heavy droon.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 1101010101 0111110101 1111010001 10111010001 111011111 1111001101 10111011101 1001110101 0111110111 111011101 1111101101 0111010101 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 604
Words 115
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams was a Latino-American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. more…

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