Analysis of The Travail Of Passion

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



WHEN the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide;
When an immortal passion breathes in mortal clay;
Our hearts endure the scourge, the plaited thorns, the way
Crowded with bitter faces, the wounds in palm and side,
The vinegar-heavy sponge, the flowers by Kedron stream;
We will bend down and loosen our hair over you,
That it may drop faint perfume, and be heavy with dew,
Lilies of death-pale hope, roses of passionate dream.


Scheme ABBACDDC
Poetic Form
Metre 10101110111 110101010101 1010101010101 1011010010101 0100101010111 1111010101101 1111101011011 1011111011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 431
Words 75
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 342
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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