Analysis of Words
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
I HAD this thought a while ago,
'My darling cannot understand
What I have done, or what would do
In this blind bitter land.'
And I grew weary of the sun
Until my thoughts cleared up again,
Remembering that the best I have done
Was done to make it plain;
That every year I have cried, 'At length
My darling understands it all,
Because I have come into my strength,
And words obey my call';
That had she done so who can say
What would have shaken from the sieve?
I might have thrown poor words away
And been content to live.
Scheme | ABCBDEDFGHGHIJIK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1101001 11111111 011101 01110101 01111101 0100101111 111111 1100111111 1100111 011110111 010111 11111111 11110101 11111101 011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 406 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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