This is an analysis of To His Heart, Bidding It Have No Fear by William Butler Yeats.

BE you still, be you still, trembling heart;
Remember the wisdom out of the old days:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcac
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 0110111001 01001010011 11100101101 1011110101 10101101101 10101111111 00101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7