This is an analysis of A Boy by Sara Teasdale.

OUT of the noise of tired people working,
Harried with thoughts of war and lists of dead,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXccc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 10010101010 1001011101 01011101110 110101111 11110111110 1011011001 11110101110 1011011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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