This is an analysis of Understanding by Sara Teasdale.
I understood the rest too well,
And all their thoughts have come to be…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,1,
- Metre: 11010111 11111100 11111001 0010101 11110101 11010111 10010100 10010101 010110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 10
