This is an analysis of May by Sara Teasdale.

The wind is tossing the lilacs,
The new leaves laugh in the sun,…

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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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