This is an analysis of Song Iii by Sara Teasdale.

Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10001010100010 0101010111101 100010010110 1001110111 01011101010 11101 1010101010111 0010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

forgotten, long, as

Anadiplosis

forgotten