Analysis of Spilt Milk
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
WE that have done and thought,
That have thought and done,
Must ramble, and thin out
Like milk spilt on a stone.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 11101 110011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 117 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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