This is an analysis of Leaves by Sara Teasdale.

One by one, like leaves from a tree
All my faiths have forsaken me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffaaee
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 11111001 11110101 1010111 10111001 1011101 1010101 1111000 1010101 1010001 0010101 1110111 1011101 1010101 1110111 1010111 11110101 1101111 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

but