Analysis of A Dream Of Death

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



I DREAMED that one had died in a strange place
Near no accustomed hand,
And they had nailed the boards above her face,
The peasants of that land,
Wondering to lay her in that solitude,
And raised above her mound
A cross they had made out of two bits of wood,
And planted cypress round;
And left her to the indifferent stars above
Until I carved these words:
i{She was more beautiful than thy first love,}
i{But now lies under boards.}


Scheme ABABCDEDFGFH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110011 110101 0111010101 010111 1001100110 010101 01111111111 010101 01010010101 011111 11111001111 1111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 431
Words 85
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 341
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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