This is an analysis of April by Sara Teasdale.

The roofs are shining from the rain.
The sparrows tritter as they fly,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb abXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01110001 01010111 10010101 010111 10111111 01010101 111011001 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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