Analysis of The Chambermaid's First Song
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
HOW came this ranger
Now sunk in rest,
Stranger with strangcr.
On my cold breast?
What's left to Sigh for?
Strange night has come;
God's love has hidden him
Out of all harm,
Pleasure has made him
Weak as a worm.
| Scheme | ABABCDEFEG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11110 1101 1011 1111 11111 1111 111101 1111 10111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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