This is an analysis of Joy by Sara Teasdale.

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
I will sing to the stars in the sky,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 111101001 101001001 11111101 111111 1110001101 1111011001 111101101 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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