This is an analysis of Broadway by Sara Teasdale.
This is the quiet hour; the theaters
Have gathered in their crowds, and steadily…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabba cdcede
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 00010100100 1100111100 0101111101 1001011100 0101011101 0101111101 1101100111 1101010101 0101010001 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 1101010111 0101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
a
