This is an analysis of Union Square by Sara Teasdale.

With the man I love who loves me not,
I walked in the street-lamps' flare;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABab cdbd Aefe Afcf ABXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 001111111 1100111 11011111 0011101 11010111 101101110 111110101 0111110 11111111 10100100101 101010111 1010111 11111111 101111101 111011111 1110001 001111111 1100111 110111111 0010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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