This is an analysis of Alchemy by Sara Teasdale.
I lift my heart as spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 111110111 01010001 11000101 100111 111101011 110100111 01010101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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