This is an analysis of Roundel by Sara Teasdale.

If he could know my songs are all for him,
At silver dawn or in the evening glow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaB XabXabaB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,8,
  • Metre: 0111111111 1101100101 1111110101 0111 1101011101 1101111101 1101010111 1111110101 0101010101 1101111111 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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