Analysis of Crazy Jane On The Day Of Judgment

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



'Love is all
Unsatisfied
That cannot take the whole
Body and soul';
And that is what Jane said.

'Take the sour
If you take me
I can scoff and lour
And scold for an hour.'
"That's certainly the case,' said he.

'Naked I lay,
The grass my bed;
Naked and hidden away,
That black day';
And that is what Jane said.

'What can be shown?
What true love be?
All could be known or shown
If Time were but gone.'
'That's certainly the case,' said he.


Scheme xxaaB cdxcD ebeeB fdfxD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 111 010 110101 1001 011111 1010 1111 11101 011110 11000111 1011 0111 1001001 111 011111 1111 1111 111111 11011 11000111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 426
Words 92
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

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