Analysis of Between Walls
the back wings
of the
hospital where
nothing
will grow lie
cinders
In which shine
the broken
pieces of a green
bottle
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet Tetractys |
| Metre | 011 10 101 10 111 10 011 010 10101 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 116 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
- 7 sec read
- 204 Views
.jpg/208px-William_Carlos_Williams_passport_photograph_1921_(cropped).jpg)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Between Walls" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Dec. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/39645/between-walls>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this William Carlos Williams poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In