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

PYTHAGORAS planned it. Why did the people stare?
His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababXccdedXdeXcfgfgfgcchfhfhfccX
  • Stanza lengths: 33,
  • Metre: 100010100101 0101111101 0101011100 11111000101 0101011110 1101110001 1111101101 1101010101 11011000101 1001010101001 1010111100111 1101011000 1101011101 0101011010 101111110 1101111101 1101010101 1001011111 1101010101 1000101010111 110010101001 10110100101 11110101001 1001010100 1110100001 11101101101 110101010001 1101001101 1101010101 1101010101 1011011111 01000010101 101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 33

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