This is an analysis of September Midnight by Sara Teasdale.

Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer,
Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc dbea bdbX ecXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010010010010 1001111011010 1001101001011 10010 0110111110010 01001010010010 1001101110 10010 1101011001011 1001111110010 1101010010011 11110 101110111010 11111111010 111111001110 11010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the