This is an analysis of The Carpenter's Son by Sara Teasdale.

The summer dawn came over-soon,
The earth was like hot iron at noon…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe ggghhg ccXbbg ggXaaX iijbbj iiicci cccjjc ffhddh aagkkg eehiiX ccllll gggccgXiigggg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 01011101 011111011 0100 11110101 11110101 1101 01111111 11111101 1111 01110101 11110111 0101 01011101 01001101 0101 01010101 11010101 0101 01010101 10011111 1101 01110101 11010011 1011 100100111 01010101 1001 11010001 11010111 1100 11010101 1001101 1111 10110001 10010101 1001 11011101 11010101 1101 110010101 11010111 0111 11010101 11011101 1111 00110101 11011101 1011 01010101 01110101 0111 10010111 01011101 1101 11010101 11000011 0101 11010011 11010101 0011 101101010 010101010 1111 01010111 01110101 1000 11011101 01110101 1111 10010101 10010111 1111 01110101 11010101 1101 10111111 10010111 1100 11110101 01010101 1101 11001101 10110101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 84

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

the, and