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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Poetic Form
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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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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