This is an analysis of Blue Squills by Sara Teasdale.

How many million Aprils came
   Before I ever knew…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xbcb XcXc XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 101101 11010110 110111 11001010 110101 010110010 1011001 11101101 1111110 10011101 10010010 1101011001 111111 11111101 110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

how, o

Anaphora

oh, o