Analysis of The Pity Of Love
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
A PITY beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love:
The folk who are buying and selling,
The clouds on their journey above,
The cold wet winds ever blowing,
And the shadowy hazel grove
Where mouse-grey waters are flowing,
Threaten the head that I love.
| Scheme | ABABACAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001110 1100111 011110010 01111001 01111010 00100101 11110110 1001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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