Analysis of The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
'What do you make so fair and bright?'
'I make the cloak of Sorrow:
O lovely to see in all men's sight
Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,
In all men's sight.'
'What do you build with sails for flight?'
'I build a boat for Sorrow:
O swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover Sorrow,
All day and night.'
What do you weave with wool so white?'
'I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
Soundless shall be the footfall light
In all men's ears of Sorrow,
Sudden and light.'
| Scheme | A BABA A BABA A BABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1101110 110110111 1101110 0111 11111111 1101110 111011101 101010 1101 11111111 1101110 111011 0111110 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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