This is an analysis of Hidden Love by Sara Teasdale.

I hid the love within my heart,
And lit the laughter in my eyes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acac XdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 11010011 11111111 111101 10111111 01010111 01011111 110101 10110101 11001101 01011111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

and