Analysis of A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
COME swish around, my pretty punk,
And keep me dancing still
That I may stay a sober man
Although I drink my fill.
Sobriety is a jewel
That I do much adore;
And therefore keep me dancing
Though drunkards lie and snore.
O mind your feet, O mind your feet,
Keep dancing like a wave,
And under every dancer
A dead man in his grave.
No ups and downs, my pretty,
A mermaid, not a punk;
A drunkard is a dead man,
And all dead men are drunk.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 011101 11110101 11111 01001010 111101 011110 110101 11111111 110101 01010010 011011 1101110 01101 0101011 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 12 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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