This is an analysis of Erinna by Sara Teasdale.
They sent you in to say farewell to me,
No, do not shake your head; I see your eyes…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccdcbefXghhcebhiieXabcjkccg calkbjeagikehfbdagafXldaaeaajXachjgbcXc
- Stanza lengths: 29,39,
- Metre: 1110011101 1111111111 1101101101 1111110101 1111110100 1110110101 11011101001 1101010101 11011011111 0111011111 1101011101 1111110101 1111010101 0101010011 1111011101 1101011101 0111010110 1110111111 1111010111 0101010111 1101011101 0101111111 1111010111 1111110101 1101101111 1111111101 1101011101 0101011101 110101 1011 1101010101 0111110101 1111110111 1011010001 1111110111 10001111111 1111010101 1111010111 11001111101 1101011101 1101010111 1101110101 0101010111 1101101101 1111110001 1111110101 1111111101 1101011101 1111110111 1011011101 1111010101 0101110100 01110101001 0001001111 0101011101 1101010101 11001100111 1111011101 1111111101 1111011111 1101011101 11111100110 1111111101 1111111101 0101111111 1011010101 1101011100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
you, i, and, to, my, me, go, love
Anaphora
i