Analysis of The Delphic Oracle Upon Plotinus
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
Behold that great Plotinus swim,
Buffeted by such seas;
Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
But the Golden Race looks dim,
Salt blood blocks his eyes.
Scattered on the level grass
Or winding through the grove
plato there and Minos pass,
There stately Pythagoras
And all the choir of Love.
| Scheme | ABAACDEDBF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 011111 01111 11101 1010111 11111 1010101 110101 101011 1101 0101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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