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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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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