This is an analysis of A Man Young And Old: Ii. Human Dignity by William Butler Yeats.

Like the moon her kindness is,
If kindness I may call…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa bbXcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1010100 010111 11110101 100111 11110001 010101 11010111 100101 11010011 11100 01011111 010100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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