The Apparitions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEF GHIJKLEF MNOOIIEF| Because there is safety in derision | A |
| I talked about an apparition | A |
| I took no trouble to convince | B |
| Or seem plausible to a man of sense | C |
| Distrustful of thar popular eye | D |
| Whether it be bold or sly | D |
| Fifteen apparitions have I seen | E |
| The worst a coat upon a coat hanger | F |
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| I have found nothing half so good | G |
| As my long planned half solitude | H |
| Where I can sit up half the night | I |
| With some friend that has the wit | J |
| Not to allow his looks to tell | K |
| When I am unintelligible | L |
| Fifteen apparitions have I seen | E |
| The worst a coat upon a coat hanger | F |
| - | |
| When a man grows old his joy | M |
| Grows more deep day after day | N |
| His empty heart is full at length | O |
| But he has need of all that strength | O |
| Because of the increasing Night | I |
| That opens her mystery and fright | I |
| Fifteen apparitions have I seen | E |
| The worst a coat upon a coat hanger | F |
William Butler Yeats
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