This is an analysis of A Maiden by Sara Teasdale.
Oh if I were the velvet rose
Upon the red rose vine,…
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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