This is an analysis of A Little While by Sara Teasdale.

A little while when I am gone
My life will live in music after me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01011111 1101010101 11110111 1001010011 01111101 010011001 10010111 1001001011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8