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.

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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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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA XXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 164
Words 33
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3

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