Analysis of Oil And Blood
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
IN tombs of gold and lapis lazuli
Bodies of holy men and women exude
Miraculous oil, odour of violet.
But under heavy loads of trampled clay
Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood;
Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010010 10110101001 0100111100 1101011101 1101010111 1111001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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