This is an analysis of Young Love by Sara Teasdale.
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I cannot heed the words they say,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a abcb aded X feae caga X hghg iada ejbj X AaAkakkAA a iala meje a cdmd Xfaf bgag X Xfbf nici X ffaajjjna X fbfb agXX l feXe ecXcXamfm
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,9,1,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,1,9,1,4,4,1,4,9,
- Metre: 1 11010111 01110111 01010111 11100111 11111111 11111111 10101011 01011101 1 11010011 111101 11011111 11011 11010101 111101 11110001 010111 1 11010101 110101 11011101 110111 11011101 110101 11011010 010111 01011101 100101 11110101 110101 1 11111111 11111011 111 11101010 0101 10101010 10101010 11111111 111 1 11110111 11111101 11111101 0111 10110111 11010011 11111101 0111 1 11010001 110101 11010101 1101 111111110 111111 010110111 11101 11010101 111111 010101101 1011 1 1111010 101111 11111111 010111 1011110 110101 11111101 0110001 1 01011111 11110101 11111101 01110111 01111101 11111101 00010101 11011100 11010001 1 11110111 110101 11111001 111111 11111101 110111 1101010100 01010001100 1 01010100 010010101 11011111 11 11010101 11011101 11010101 01 11110101 11111111 10010001 11
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 31
- Lines: 104
Repeated words/phrases
he, it, i, and, oh, happy
Anaphora
i, and, a, what, oh
Epiphora
me
Anadiplosis
i
