Analysis of Crazy Jane On God

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



That lover of a night
Came when he would,
Went in the dawning light
Whether I would or no;
Men come, men go;
All things remain in God.

Banners choke the sky;
Men-at-arms tread;
Armoured horses neigh
In the narrow pass:
All things remain in God.

Before their eyes a house
That from childhood stood
Uninhabited, ruinous,
Suddenly lit up
From door to top:
All things remain in God.

I had wild Jack for a lover;
Though like a road
That men pass over
My body makes no moan
But sings on:
All things remain in God.


Scheme abaccD xxxxD xbxxxD exexxD
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 1111 100101 101111 1111 110101 10101 1111 1101 00101 110101 011101 1111 0100100 10011 1111 110101 11111010 1101 11110 110111 111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 493
Words 99
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6, 6
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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