This is an analysis of Guenevere by Sara Teasdale.
I was a queen, and I have lost my crown;
A wife, and I have broken all my vows;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdaefdecgXeXbfahf cgeXXeX gcecceahbeagiXbXfeXbjXfdfef bdkkcXajbci ffhX
- Stanza lengths: 19,7,27,11,4,
- Metre: 1101111111 0111110111 0101110111 1011010101 0101011101 1101110101 1111010101 0101110111 1111011111 1111001111 11011111011 1101011100 0111011111 11000011101 0101010101 0101010101 1101000101 1101001101 1111010101 11010010101 1101011101 1101110111 1101111011 0101110100 1100010101 0111010111 1101010001 0111010111 0111110101 0101110101 1111000111 1111110101 0101111101 1001110100 0101010101 0101011101 1111110101 110101011 1111010101 111101010 0101010101 01001010101 1101111111 1101010111 11111001000 0111011101 11001110001 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 1101110101 0111010101 0101011001 11010101010 11111100101 1111010001 0111011101 1011111101 10111111110 0111110111 0101010111 1111011111 1101011111 1111011101 1011011111 1101110100 1101011101 1111101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, me, with
Anaphora
a, and, the, so, i
