This is an analysis of Song by Sara Teasdale.

You bound strong sandals on my feet,
You gave me bread and wine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11110111 111111 11110111 110111 11010111 111111 11110011 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, you

Anaphora

you