This is an analysis of May by Sara Teasdale.
The wind is tossing the lilacs,
The new leaves laugh in the sun,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 01010011 0111001 1010110101 11100101 0101010 110101 1111010 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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