Analysis of The Poor

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



By constantly tormenting them
with reminders of the lice in
their children's hair, the
School Physician first
brought their hatred down on him.
But by this familiarity
they grew used to him, and so,
at last,
took him for their friend and adviser.


Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Poetic Form Nonet (44%)
Metre 1100101 10101010 11010 10101 1110111 1110100 1111101 11 111110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 254
Words 45
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 197
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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William Carlos Williams

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