This is an analysis of Message by Sara Teasdale.

I heard a cry in the night,
A thousand miles it came,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1101001 0101001 110101 1111 011111 1101111 111101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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