This is an analysis of On Being Asked For A War Poem by William Butler Yeats.
I THINK it better that in times like these
A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcabc
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 1101010111 0101010101 1111010101 11101010111 01100100001 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
