This is an analysis of Dream Song by Sara Teasdale.

I plucked a snow-drop in the spring,
And in my hand too closely pressed;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaacbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 110110001 10111101 01110101 11010100 11110101 11010111 11010101 110101011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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