This is an analysis of Swans by Sara Teasdale.

Night is over the park, and a few brave stars
Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10100110111 11011100101 011110100101 1111011001001 110111001001 111011111001 1111110111 11011100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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