This is an analysis of Faces by Sara Teasdale.

PEOPLE that I meet and pass
In the city's broken roar,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXBcbcbabXdBd
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1011111 0010101 1011111 1110101 1111111 0010011 1011111 0111101 1010011 10011010 1111101 010001010 1000101 1001100 0010011 1111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16