Analysis of Memory
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
ONE had a lovely face,
And two or three had charm,
But charm and face were in vain
Because the mountain grass
Cannot but keep the form
Where the mountain hare has lain.
| Scheme | ABCDEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 1101001 010101 101101 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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