This is an analysis of May Wind by Sara Teasdale.

I said, "I have shut my heart
As one shuts an open door,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX XcXc bcaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11101111 1111101 111101 11011100 1100111 011101 10111001 1010101 1111001 111101 101110111 0111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12