This is an analysis of The Song Maker by Sara Teasdale.

I made a hundred little songs
That told the joy and pain of love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdbd Xcac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 11011101 11010111 1111 11010111 01001111 11111101 1111 11111111 11111101 11111101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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