another ballad

[Luckieman]

I don't know what W. B. Yeats is talking about in most of his early poems as I never read Irish folklore or study the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn or know anything Yeats' biography.
Yet, I know what he's talking about.

Not sure what your point is there (other than you don't like the poem - fair enough but you've already said that), but please can you comment on adherence to the ballad form - that's the practical bit I might be able to use. the rest is old news by now, with thanks.