Analysis of Meeting
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Hidden by old age awhile
In masker's cloak and hood,
Each hating what the other loved,
Face to face we stood:
'That I have met with such,' said he,
'Bodes me little good.'
'Let others boast their fill,' said I,
'But never dare to boast
That such as I had such a man
For lover in the past;
Say that of living men I hate
Such a man the most.'
'A loony'd boast of such a love,'
He in his rage declared:
But such as he for such as me --
Could we both discard
This beggarly habiliment --
Had found a sweeter word.
Scheme | XAXABA XCXXXC XXBXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 01101 11010101 11111 11111111 11101 11011111 110111 11111101 110001 11110111 10101 0111101 101101 11111111 11101 111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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