Analysis of A Cry
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
Oh, there are eyes that he can see,
And hands to make his hands rejoice,
But to my lover I must be
Only a voice.
Oh, there are breasts to bear his head,
And lips whereon his lips can lie,
But I must be till I am dead
Only a cry.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111 01111101 11110111 1001 11111111 0111111 11111111 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 233 |
Words | 53 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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