Analysis of Reconciliation

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



SOME may have blamed you that you took away
The verses that could move them on the day
When, the ears being deafened, the sight of the eyes blind
With lightning, you went from me, and I could find
Nothing to make a song about but kings,
Helmets, and swords, and half-forgotten things
That were like memories of you -- but now
We'll out, for the world lives as long ago;
And while we're in our laughing, weeping fit,
Hurl helmets, crowns, and swords into the pit.
But, dear, cling close to me; since you were gone,
My barren thoughts have chilled me to the bone.


Scheme AABBCCDEFFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 0101111101 101101011011 11011110111 1011010111 1001010101 1011001111 1110111101 01101010101 1101010101 1111111101 1101111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 558
Words 108
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) 106
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 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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