This is an analysis of Nightfall by Sara Teasdale.

WE will never walk again
As we used to walk at night,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbacbccXdXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1010101 1110111 1011110 100111 1011111 1010101 1011 00110101 011101 1010111 1111001 1011111 100101 010101 1111001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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