This is an analysis of Coole Park And Ballylee, 1931 by William Butler Yeats.

Under my window-ledge the waters race,
Otters below and moor-hens on the top,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc dededeff ghghghff dididXjj dkdkdkgg jXjajXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011010101 1001111101 11011000101 110011100101 1101100101 0110110101 1001110001 1101010101 0101001101 1111100101 1001010111 1101010101 1101010011 1101000101 1101111101 01001000101 0101011101 1101010001 1101010001 1001011111 1011010101 1101011101 1100010111 0101000101 1001010101 0110110101 0101110111 1101110101 1111011101 1011010100 1111110111 1101000101 0110010111 1111110101 11010100101 10001001100 11001010101 1101110001 1101111101 1111010101 1001010111 010010011000 1101001101 010010110111 0101110101 1101111100 1100110101 10110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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