Analysis of The Coming Of Wisdom With Time
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
THOUGH leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111100111 110101111 1111010001 111100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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