This is an analysis of The Falling Star by Sara Teasdale.

I saw a star slide down the sky,
Blinding the north as it went by,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11011101 10011011 11011101 11000111 01001101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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