Analysis of Parting
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
He. Dear, I must be gone
While night Shuts the eyes
Of the household spies;
That song announces dawn.
She. No, night's bird and love's
Bids all true lovers rest,
While his loud song reproves
The murderous stealth of day.
He. Daylight already flies
From mountain crest to crest
She. That light is from the moon.
He. That bird...
She. Let him sing on,
I offer to love's play
My dark declivities.
| Scheme | ABBA XCBD BC X X XDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 111111 11101 1011 110101 111101 111101 11111 0100111 110101 110111 1111101 111 11111 110111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 425 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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