The Happy Townland by William Butler Yeats: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Happy Townland that begins with:

THERE'S many a strong farmer
Whose heart would break in two,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcacdedeEXFGEGXXhiiiXgfgihjhEXFXEGXXXeieakekgkjkEXFGEGXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 111101 0111010 111100 1111110 111001 1011010 011111 1111011 00101101 1111101 110001 0101110 1100110 0111010 011111 10101110 1111101 10100010 100110 111111 111101 1011101 0101101 11111010 0100101 00101110 011011 110110 111011 1110101 1110111 0101110 1100110 0111010 011111 10101110 1111101 10100010 100110 10001010 001101 110101 1010101 100010010 001111 0101110 111111 111111 0101011 1111001 010101 0101110 1100110 0111010 011111 10101110 1111101 10100010 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1738
  • Average number of words per stanza: 342
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Happy Townland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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