This is an analysis of A Maiden by Sara Teasdale.

Oh if I were the velvet rose
Upon the red rose vine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc baaa bdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10100101 010111 1101010 1101001 10100101 110101 11111111 111101 1111010 110111 11010101 111101 1111010 110101 11111001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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