Analysis of To The Rose Upon The Rood Of Time
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
Cuchulain battling with the bitter tide;
The Druid, grey, wood-nurtured, quiet-eyed,
Who cast round Fergus dreams, and ruin untold;
And thine own sadness, where of stars, grown old
In dancing silver-sandalled on the sea,
Sing in their high and lonely melody.
Come near, that no more blinded hy man's fate,
I find under the boughs of love and hate,
In all poor foolish things that live a day,
Eternal beauty wandering on her way.
Come near, come near, come near -- Ah, leave me still
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!
Lest I no more bear common things that crave;
The weak worm hiding down in its small cave,
The field-mouse running by me in the grass,
And heavy mortal hopes that toil and pass;
But seek alone to hear the strange things said
By God to the bright hearts of those long dead,
And learn to chaunt a tongue men do not know.
Come near; I would, before my time to go,
Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways:
Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.
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Metre | 1111111111 1111110101 110010101 0101110101 11110101001 0111011111 010101101 1011010100 1111110111 1110011101 0111011101 01010100101 1111111111 0101101111 1111110111 0111010111 0111011001 0101011101 1101110111 1110111111 0111011111 1111011111 111100101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,050 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 818 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 202 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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