Analysis of No Second Troy
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
WHY should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great.
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?
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Metre | 1111011111 1100111111 111100111001 1101010101 11110101010 1111010101 111101010 1101010101 11110001111 1010100011 11111110111 1101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 401 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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