This is an analysis of June Night by Sara Teasdale.

OH Earth, you are too dear to-night,
How can I sleep while all around…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11111101 11111101 11010101 11001011001 11111111 1111111111 11111001 011101011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

i, you