Analysis of The Ragged Wood

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



O HURRY where by water among the trees
The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,
When they have but looked upon their images --
Would none had ever loved but you and I!
Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed
Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky,
When the sun looked out of his golden hood? --
O that none ever loved but you and I!
O hurty to the ragged wood, for there
I will drive all those lovers out and cry --
O my share of the world, O yellow hair!
No one has ever loved but you and I.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11011100101 010010101101 11111011100 1111011101 1111110101 1101110101 1011111101 1111011101 111010111 1111110101 1111011101 1111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 500
Words 103
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 384
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 06, 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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