This is an analysis of May Night by Sara Teasdale.

The spring is fresh and fearless
And every leaf is new,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 00101110 1100101 0101011 011101 1001011 111111 1101110 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the