This is an analysis of Pity by Sara Teasdale.
They never saw my lover's face,
They only know our love was brief,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dada
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 11011111 10010101 11011101 11011111 11011111 111011101 101111010 11011111 10111101 11001101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
they
Anaphora
they
