Analysis of The Heart Of The Woman

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



O WHAT to me the little room
That was brimmed up with prayer and rest;
He bade me out into the gloom,
And my breast lies upon his breast.
O what to me my mother's care,
The house where I was safe and warm;
The shadowy blossom of my hair
Will hide us from the bitter storm.
O hiding hair and dewy eyes,
I am no more with life and death,
My heart upon his warm heart lies,
My breath is mixed into his breath.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 11110101 11111101 11110101 01110111 11111101 01111101 010010111 11110101 11010101 11111101 11011111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 403
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 311
Words per stanza (avg) 85
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

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