Question

How many feet are in each of these lines from “Easter, 1916” by William Butler Yeats?

Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey

Answer 1

The date of the Easter Rising can be seen in the structure of the poem also: there are 16 lines (for 1916) in the first and third stanzas, 24 lines (for April 24, the date the Rising began) in the second and fourth stanzas, and four stanzas in total (which refers to April, the fourth month of the year).