Analysis of A Man Young And Old: IV. The Death Of The Hare
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
I have pointed out the yelling pack,
The hare leap to the wood,
And when I pass a compliment
Rejoice as lover should
At the drooping of an eye,
At the mantling of the blood.
Then suddenly my heart is wrung
By her distracted air
And I remember wildness lost
And after, swept from there,
Am set down standing in the wood
At the death of the hare.
| Scheme | XAXAXX XBXBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010101 011101 01110100 011101 1010111 101101 11001111 100101 01010101 010111 11110001 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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