Analysis of Memory
W. B Yeats 1865 (Ireland)
One had a pretty face,
and two or three had charm,
but charm and face were in vain,
because the mountain grass
cannot but keep the form
where the mountain hare has lain.
| Scheme | XXA XXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 1101001 010101 101101 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Perhap the woman who had many fleeting romances, is my take. Loved by the woman I love.
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Written on 1917
Submitted by IainMcLean on August 22, 2021
Modified on April 29, 2023
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