This is an analysis of Fear by Sara Teasdale.

I am afraid, oh I am so afraid!
The cold black fear is clutching me to-night…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceedffd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111101 0111010101 1101111101 1101011111 1011010101 1111110111 1111000111 1111000111 0111010111 0101011101 1111101101 1101011111 1110010111 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14