Analysis of The Mother Of God
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
THE threefold terror of love; a fallen flare
Through the hollow of an ear;
Wings beating about the room;
The terror of all terrors that I bore
The Heavens in my womb.
Had I not found content among the shows
Every common woman knows,
Chimney corner, garden walk,
Or rocky cistern where we tread the clothes
And gather all the talk?
What is this flesh I purchased with my pains,
This fallen star my milk sustains,
This love that makes my heart's blood stop
Or strikes a Sudden chill into my bones
And bids my hair stand up?
| Scheme | ABCDCEEFGFHHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110110101 1010111 1100101 0101110111 010011 1111100101 10010101 1010101 1101011101 010101 1111110111 11011101 11111111 1101010111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 515 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 412 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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