This is an analysis of Winter Stars by Sara Teasdale.

I WENT out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbcbddXdbaca
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1111101 011100101 10111101 11110100 11110111 01110101 11010001 11001101 01001101 10111101 11010101 01010101 01111111 01110101 11111001 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16