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…
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