This is an analysis of Desert Pools by Sara Teasdale.

I love too much; I am a river
Surging with spring that seeks the sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111111010 100011101 111100010 10110101 010101010 10010111 111101010 01010001 111111010 101100010 010111110 010101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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