This is an analysis of At Sea by Sara Teasdale.

IN the pull of the wind I stand, lonely,
On the deck of a ship, rising, falling,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbab
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0010011110 1010011010 11011110101 110110110 100110101 111110101 111111110 0111001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8