Analysis of The Song Of Wandering Aengus
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
I WENT out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands.
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHGHIJKJDLMLNOPO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 010101011 01010101 01010101 01110101 011101001 11010001 01010101 11111101 111101001 1101101 01111111 110101001 11010001 11111101 010101001 11111100 11010101 11111111 01010101 0101111 01110111 01010101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 806 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 638 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 164 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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