This is an analysis of The Meeting by Sara Teasdale.

I'm happy, I'm happy,
I saw my love to-day.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaaaXcbcXcDAXaDA
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 010010 111101 11010101 110101 11111101 011101 11110100 110101 11110111 011111 11111101 010101 11100101 110101 11110101 1111001 11100101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18