Analysis of Church And State

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



HERE is fresh matter, poet,
Matter for old age meet;
Might of the Church and the State,
Their mobs put under their feet.
O but heart's wine shall run pure,
Mind's bread grow sweet.
That were a cowardly song,
Wander in dreams no more;
What if the Church and the State
Are the mob that howls at the door!
Wine shall run thick to the end,
Bread taste sour.


Scheme ABCBDBEFCFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 101111 1101001 1111011 1111111 1111 1001001 100111 1101001 10111101 1111101 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 350
Words 71
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 271
Words per stanza (avg) 69
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

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