This is an analysis of The Return by Sara Teasdale.
I turned the key and opened wide the door
To enter my deserted room again,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcbaca
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110101 0101010101 1101110111 1011010101 1111110111 1111000101 0101010101 0110011101 110010011 0101100101 0101010101 1101010001 1001011101 1110011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14