Analysis of Yes?
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
THE words of the lips are double or single,
True or false, as we say or sing:
But the words of the eyes that mix and mingle
Are always saying the same old thing!
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01101110110 11111111 10110111010 11100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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