This is an analysis of The Moods by William Butler Yeats.

TIME drops in decay,
Like a candle burnt out,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabca
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 11001 101011 101011 111111 11001 001011 11001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7