Analysis of Remorse For Intemperate Speech
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
I RANTED to the knave and fool,
But outgrew that school,
Would transform the part,
Fit audience found, but cannot rule
My fanatic heart.
I sought my betters: though in each
Fine manners, liberal speech,
Turn hatred into sport,
Nothing said or done can reach
My fanatic heart,
Out of Ireland have we come.
Great hatred, little room,
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother's womb
A fanatic heart.
Scheme | aabaBccdcBefbfb |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 1111 10101 110011101 10101 11110101 1101001 110011 1011111 10101 11100111 110101 11101 11011101 00101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 397 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 315 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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