Analysis of Me Peacock
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
WHAT'S riches to him
That has made a great peacock
With the pride of his eye?
The wind-beaten, stone-grey,
And desolate Three Rock
Would nourish his whim.
Live he or die
Amid wet rocks and heather,
His ghost will be gay
Adding feather to feather
For the pride of his eye.
WHAT'S riches to him
That has made a great peacock
With the pride of his eye?
The wind-beaten, stone-grey,
And desolate Three Rock
Would nourish his whim.
Live he or die
Amid wet rocks and heather,
His ghost will be gay
Adding feather to feather
For the pride of his eye.
| Scheme | ABCDBACEDECABCDBACEDEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 111011 101111 011011 010011 11011 1111 0111010 11111 1010110 101111 11011 111011 101111 011011 010011 11011 1111 0111010 11111 1010110 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 530 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 424 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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