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Three Movements

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)

SHAKESPEAREAN fish swam the sea, far away from land;
Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand;
What are all those fish that lie gasping on the strand?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 161
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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William Butler Yeats

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