This is an analysis of Deep In The Night by Sara Teasdale.

Deep in the night the cry of a swallow,
Under the stars he flew,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1001010010 100111 111101010 100101 1011001010 110101 101111010 110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8