This is an analysis of To L. R. E. by Sara Teasdale.
When first I saw you — felt you take my hand,
I could not speak for happiness to find…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabccXddXeeb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111111 1111110001 1111111111 1110110101 1111111101 1111111111 0101111011 0111011111 1101011101 1101011111 1101010100 1111011101 1111111101 1101011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
you, i, who
Anaphora
how, and
