Analysis of The Lover's Song
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
BIRD sighs for the air,
Thought for I know not where,
For the womb the seed sighs.
Now sinks the same rest
On mind, on nest,
On straining thighs.
| Scheme | AABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
| Metre | 11101 111111 101011 11011 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 148 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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