This is an analysis of Anadyomene by Sara Teasdale.

The wide, bright temple of the world I found,
And entered from the dizzy infinite…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111000111 1100010100 1111110100 1001011101 0101011101 1101010111 1101010101 0101110101 1101010101 11010101010 1001111101 11111101010 1011111101 01010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14