His Confidence

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



Undying love to buy
I wrote upon
The corners of this eye
All wrongs done.
What payment were enough
For undying love?

I broke my heart in two
So hard I struck.
What matter? for I know
That out of rock,
Out of a desolate source,
Love leaps upon its course.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AXAXXX XXXXBB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 251
Words 53
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

William Butler Yeats

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