This is an analysis of Mad As The Mist And Snow by William Butler Yeats.

Bolt and bar the shutter,
For the foul winds blow:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcB cbXbcB XbXXaB
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 111010 10111 11111101 11101 11011110 110111 1011101 10101 11010101 110001 011110001 110111 11111111 111101 11011101 110101 11010100 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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