This is an analysis of In Spring, Santa Barbara by Sara Teasdale.

I HAVE been happy two weeks together,
My love is coming home to me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccccdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1101011010 11010101 11100010 11110001 01110101 10110101 10010111 1000101 10010101 01110101 11101111 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12