This is an analysis of Lovely Chance by Sara Teasdale.

O LOVELY chance, what can I do
To give my gratefulness to you?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccbbddeeXXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 11011111 011100001 11011111 0011000 111101011 11111111 100110011 100101111 10111101 11110100 110011110 0111001110 0010111 11011100 11110111 11010101 11110101 1011100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

many, and

Epiphora

me

Anadiplosis

you