Analysis of He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
I WANDER by the edge
Of this desolate lake
Where wind cries in the sedge:
Until the axle break
That keeps the stars in their round,
And hands hurl in the deep
The banners of East and West,
And the girdle of light is unhound,
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep.
| Scheme | ABA BCDECED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 110101 111001 111001 010101 1101011 011001 0101101 00101111 11111101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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