Analysis of Transitional
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
First he said:
It is the woman in us
That makes us write-
Let us acknowledge it-
Men would be silent.
We are not men
Therefore we can speak
And be conscious
(of the two sides)
Unbent by the sensual
As befits accuracy.
I then said:
Dare you make this
Your propaganda?
And he answered:
Am I not I-here?
| Scheme | ABXXXXXBXXX AXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1101001 1111 110101 11110 1111 1111 0110 1011 110100 1011000 111 1111 1010 0110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 293 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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