Analysis of A Man Young And Old: V. The Empty Cup
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
A crazy man that found a cup,
When all but dead of thirst,
Hardly dared to wet his mouth
Imagining, moon-accursed,
That another mouthful
And his beating heart would burst.
October last I found it too
But found it dry as bone,
And for that reason am I crazed
And my sleep is gone.
| Scheme | ABCBDBEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01011101 111111 1011111 010011 10101 0110111 01011111 111111 01110111 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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