Analysis of Youth And Age
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
MUCH did I rage when young,
Being by the world oppressed,
But now with flattering tongue
It speeds the parting guest.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111 1010101 1111001 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 122 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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