Analysis of His Bargain
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Who talks of Plato's spindle;
What set it whirling round?
Eternity may dwindle,
Time is unwound,
Dan and Jerry Lout
Change their loves about.
However they may take it,
Before the thread began
I made, and may not break it
When the last thread has run,
A bargain with that hair
And all the windings there.
| Scheme | ABABCCDEDFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 111101 0100110 1101 10101 11101 101111 010101 1101111 101111 010111 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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