Analysis of Fallen Majesty
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face,
And even old men's eyes grew dim, this hand alone,
Like some last courtier at a gypsy camping-place
Babbling of fallen majesty, records what's gone.
The lineaments, a heart that laughter has made sweet,
These, these remain, but I record what's gone. A crowd
Will gather, and not know it walks the very street
Whereon a thing once walked that seemed a burning cloud.
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11101111101 010111111101 1111001010101 1001101000111 0101110111 110111011101 110011110101 10111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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