What Then? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACD EFGG HFHH IBII| His chosen comrades thought at school | A |
| He must grow a famous man | B |
| He thought the same and lived by rule | A |
| All his twenties crammed with toil | C |
| 'What then ' sang Plato's ghost 'What then ' | D |
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| Everything he wrote was read | E |
| After certain years he won | F |
| Sufficient money for his need | G |
| Friends that have been friends indeed | G |
| 'What then ' sang Plato's ghost ' What then ' | - |
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| All his happier dreams came true | H |
| A small old house wife daughter son | F |
| Grounds where plum and cabbage grew | H |
| poets and Wits about him drew | H |
| 'What then ' sang Plato's ghost 'What then ' | - |
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| The work is done ' grown old he thought | I |
| 'According to my boyish plan | B |
| Let the fools rage I swerved in naught | I |
| Something to perfection brought' | I |
| But louder sang that ghost 'What then ' | - |
William Butler Yeats
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