This is an analysis of The New Moon by Sara Teasdale.

DAY, you have bruised and beaten me,
As rain beats down the bright, proud sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11111101 11110111 10110111 11101011 111100101 1110101 1100100100 110100101 01010101 001111111 1110101101 1010111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12