This is an analysis of The Heart Of The Woman by William Butler Yeats.

O WHAT to me the little room
That was brimmed up with prayer and rest;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadede
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11010101 11110111 11110001 11110101 11011101 01111111 010010011 01100101 11011101 11110111 11010111 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

the, my