This is an analysis of November by Sara Teasdale.

The world is tired, the year is old,
The little leaves are glad to die,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 010100101 01011101 01110001 010101 11010101 11111101 11011111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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