This is an analysis of Dusk In June by Sara Teasdale.

Evening, and all the birds
In a chorus of shimmering sound…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb ccac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 101101 001001001 1101101 11001 010111 011111 111101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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