This is an analysis of A Man Young And Old: Iii. The Mermaid by William Butler Yeats.
A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 01110101 11101 10100010 11101 01010100 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
