This is an analysis of The Poor House by Sara Teasdale.
Hope went by and Peace went by
And would not enter in;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xccc XacX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111111 111100 1111111 111011 1010111 11101 1011101 110101 1110101 110111 1011010011 1011010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
by, and, went, some
Anaphora
they
