This is an analysis of The Prayer by Sara Teasdale.

My answered prayer came up to me,
And in the silence thus spake he:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 10010111 101111101 110011110 111101011 11111101 11111111 111111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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