This is an analysis of The Scholars by William Butler Yeats.
BALD heads forgetful of their sins,
Old, learned, respectable bald heads…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcacadd
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 11010011 11010011 10110101 11110111 110101 010101001 11011101 11010011 11110101 11011101 11111 01100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
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