This is an analysis of February Twilight by Sara Teasdale.

I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110101 10111 010111 001101 1111010 111111 11110101 111011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8