This is an analysis of The Leaders Of The Crowd by William Butler Yeats.

THEY must to keep their certainty accuse
All that are different of a base intent;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1101110001 11110000101 1101010111 1101110001 1100010111 00101010101 1100011111 11001010111 1101111101 1011111111 111101100101 11001110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12