This is an analysis of Red Maples by Sara Teasdale.

IN the last year I have learned
How few men are worth my trust;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXXddeeffXX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 0011111 1111111 1110111 1110001 11110101 11110111 111101111 11101100 11111111 1110110111 110101001 11100101 1101001010 1111001010 111100101 10110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

i, what

Epiphora

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