Analysis of The Harp Of Aengus
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Edain came out of Midhir's hill, and lay
Beside young Aengus in his tower of glass,
Where time is drowned in odour-laden winds
And Druid moons, and murmuring of boughs,
And sleepy boughs, and boughs where apples made
Of opal and ruhy and pale chrysolite
Awake unsleeping fires; and wove seven strings,
Sweet with all music, out of his long hair,
Because her hands had been made wild by love.
When Midhir's wife had changed her to a fly,
He made a harp with Druid apple-wood
That she among her winds might know he wept;
And from that hour he has watched over none
But faithful lovers.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 0111011011 111101101 0101010011 0101011101 11001011 0111001101 1111011111 0101111111 111110101 1101110101 1101011111 01110111101 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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