This is an analysis of Indian Summer by Sara Teasdale.

Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer,
Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc dbea bdbb ecXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010010010010 1001111011010 1001101001011 10010 0100111110010 0100101010010 10011011110 10010 1101011001011 1001111110010 11010110100011 11110 101110111010 11111111010 111111001110 11010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

the