This is an analysis of Doubt by Sara Teasdale.

My soul lives in my body's house,
And you have both the house and her—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX Xa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,2,
  • Metre: 11101101 111101110 10110111 10110100 01011101 111111010 111101101 110111101 010110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10