This is an analysis of Ebb Tide by Sara Teasdale.
When the long day goes by
And I do not see your face,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb Xcbc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 101111 1111111 0111010 100101 11010110 010111 0111110 110111 00101111 100111 11101010 1100101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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