Analysis of Crazy Jane On The Mountain

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



I AM tired of cursing the Bishop,
(Said Crazy Jane)
Nine books or nine hats
Would not make him a man.
I have found something worse
To meditate on.
A King had some beautiful cousins.
But where are they gone?
Battered to death in a cellar,
And he stuck to his throne.
Last night I lay on the mountain.
(Said Crazy Jane)
There in a two-horsed carriage
That on two wheels ran
Great-bladdered Emer sat.
Her violent man
Cuchulain sat at her side;
Thereupon'
Propped upon my two knees,
I kissed a stone
I lay stretched out in the dirt
And I cried tears down.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1110110010 1101 11111 111101 111101 1101 011110010 11111 10110010 011111 11111010 1101 1001110 11111 1111 01001 11101 01 101111 1101 1111001 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 107
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 428
Words per stanza (avg) 105
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 16, 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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