This is an analysis of To An Aeolian Harp by Sara Teasdale.

The winds have grown articulate in thee,
And voiced again the wail of ancient woe…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111010001 1101010101 1101010101 0101010111 0100101100 1101011111 0001010111 1001010101 1010010001 0101111111 0101010101 0101110011 0101000111 1111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the