This is an analysis of To Joy by Sara Teasdale.

Lo, I am happy, for my eyes have seen
Joy glowing here before me, face to face;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011111 1101011101 0101011101 1101110101 0101010110 1101110001 0101010101 1111011111 1111011101 1111010111 1111010001 1101010111 1111111101 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

his, and, i