Words Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIHI JKJL| I had this thought a while ago | A |
| 'My darling cannot understand | B |
| What I have done or what would do | C |
| In this blind bitter land ' | D |
| - | |
| And I grew weary of the sun | E |
| Until my thoughts cleared up again | F |
| Remembering that the best I have done | E |
| Was done to make it plain | G |
| - | |
| That every year I have cried 'At length | H |
| My darling understands it all | I |
| Because I have come into my strength | H |
| And words obey my call' | I |
| - | |
| That had she done so who can say | J |
| What would have shaken from the sieve | K |
| I might have thrown poor words away | J |
| And been content to live | L |
William Butler Yeats
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