This is an analysis of The Lover's Song by William Butler Yeats.

BIRD sighs for the air,
Thought for I know not where,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11101 111111 101011 11011 1111 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

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