Analysis of A Thought From Propertius
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
SHE might, so noble from head
To great shapely knees
The long flowing line,
Have walked to the altar
Through the holy images
At pallas Athene's Side,
Or been fit spoil for a centaur
Drunk with the unmixed wine.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 11101 01101 111010 1010100 11011 1111101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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