This is an analysis of Dust by Sara Teasdale.

When I went to look at what had long been hidden,
A jewel laid long ago in a secret place,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XXaX Xb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,2,
  • Metre: 111011111010 010110100101 11011101011100 110010111011 111111101101 111011101100 001110011010 01001101 010110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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