Analysis of Old Memory
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
O THOUGHT, fly to her when the end of day
Awakens an old memory, and say,
'Your strength, that is so lofty and fierce and kind,
It might call up a new age, calling to mind
The queens that were imagined long ago,
Is but half yours: he kneaded in the dough
Through the long years of youth, and who would have thought
It all, and more than it all, would come to naught,
And that dear words meant nothing?' But enough,
For when we have blamed the wind we can blame love;
Or, if there needs be more, be nothing said
That would be harsh for children that have strayed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 0101110001 11111100101 11110111011 0110010101 111111001 10111101111 11011111111 0111110101 11111011111 1111111101 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 432 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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