Analysis of The Magi
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
NOW as at all times I can see in the mind's eye,
In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones
Appear and disappear in the blue depth of the sky
With all their ancient faces like rain-beaten stones,
And all their helms of Silver hovering side by side,
And all their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more,
Being by Calvary's turbulence unsatisfied,
The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor.
| Scheme | ABACDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111110011 011101010101 010010011101 111101011101 0111110100111 011111101111 1011100010 0010010010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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