Nantucket

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



Flowers through the window
lavender and yellow

changed by white curtains –
Smell of cleanliness

Sunshine of late afternoon
On the glass tray

a glass pitcher, the tumbler
turned down, by which

a key is lying – And the
immaculate white bed

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XX XX XX XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 250
Words 46
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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