This is an analysis of A Prayer by Sara Teasdale.

When I am dying, let me know
That I loved the blowing snow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeffe
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11110111 1110101 110111 1111101 1110111 01100001 1110111 0111111 1001111 1111101 1010101 1011011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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