Analysis of The Plot Against the Giant
Wallace Stevens 1879 (Reading) – 1955 (Hartford)
First Girl
When this yokel comes maundering,
Whetting his hacker,
I shall run before him,
Diffusing the civilest odors
Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers.
It will check him.
Second Girl
I shall run before him,
Arching cloths besprinkled with colors
As small as fish-eggs.
The threads
Will abash him.
Third Girl
Oh, la...le pauvre!
I shall run before him,
With a curious puffing.
He will bend his ear then.
I shall whisper
Heavenly labials in a world of gutturals.
It will undo him.
| Scheme | abcDeed aDexxd acDbxced |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11101100 1110 111011 0100110 1101000110 1111 101 111011 1011110 11111 01 1011 11 111 111011 1010010 111111 1110 100100111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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