This is an analysis of The Shrine by Sara Teasdale.
There is no lord within my heart,
Left silent as an empty shrine…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba bccb dXXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110111 11011101 11110001 010101 11010101 01010101 11110011 111101 10111101 11011111 01010100 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
