This is an analysis of The Unchanging by Sara Teasdale.

SUN-SWEPT beaches with a light wind blowing
From the immense blue circle of the sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1110001110 0001110001 1011011110 1001110111 11001111010 1101111101 111010111010 011111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8