This is an analysis of Spring Rain by Sara Teasdale.

I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AABA XcXc XaXa bcXcXAABA
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111010 1011101 010010110 00101 101001011 11110111 101001 1101101 01010101 101101001 10010101 00111 001011110 111111 11110111 1111101 1111010 1011101 010010110 00101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20