Analysis of He Thinks Of Those Who Have Spoken Evil Of His Beloved
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
HALF close your eyelids, loosen your hair,
And dream about the great and their pride;
They have spoken against you everywhere,
But weigh this song with the great and their pride;
I made it out of a mouthful of air,
Their children's children shall say they have lied.
| Scheme | ABABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Sicilian Sestet |
| Metre | 11111011 010101011 111001110 1111101011 111110111 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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