Analysis of Crazy Jane On God
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
That lover of a night
Came when he would,
Went in the dawning light
Whether I would or no;
Men come, men go;
All things remain in God.
Banners choke the sky;
Men-at-arms tread;
Armoured horses neigh
In the narrow pass:
All things remain in God.
Before their eyes a house
That from childhood stood
Uninhabited, ruinous,
Suddenly lit up
From door to top:
All things remain in God.
I had wild Jack for a lover;
Though like a road
That men pass over
My body makes no moan
But sings on:
All things remain in God.
Scheme | abaccD xxxxD xbxxxD exexxD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1111 100101 101111 1111 110101 10101 1111 1101 00101 110101 011101 1111 0100100 10011 1111 110101 11111010 1101 11110 110111 111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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