This is an analysis of The Black Tower by William Butler Yeats.
SAY that the men of the old black tower,
Though they but feed as the goatherd feeds,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc deEF cgcghh dEEF acaciiXaEEF
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,6,4,11,
- Metre: 1101001110 111110101 110111110 11010101 111111 110110 100110101 1111001 111011 11010101 110101110 11010101 110111010 1111101 011101 1110111 100110111 1111001 111011 11010101 01011111110 1011001001 111111010 11110111 110101 111111 100101110 1111001 111011 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 30
