This is an analysis of The Broken Field by Sara Teasdale.

My soul is a dark ploughed field
In the cold rain;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc abXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1100111 0011 1100101 111 1111010 010 011101 101010 110111 1101 100101 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12