This is an analysis of Death by William Butler Yeats.

NOR dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacaccdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 111101 010100 010101 101101 10111 101101 011001 0101001 101001 100001 111001 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

a, many