Analysis of Her Anxiety
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Earth in beauty dressed
Awaits returning spring.
All true love must die,
Alter at the best
Into some lesser thing.
Prove that I lie.
Such body lovers have,
Such exacting breath,
That they touch or sigh.
Every touch they give,
Love is nearer death.
Prove that I lie.
| Scheme | abcabC xdcxdC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 010101 11111 10101 011101 1111 110101 10101 11111 100111 11101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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