Analysis of The Treasure
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
When they see my songs
They will sigh and say,
"Poor soul, wistful soul,
Lonely night and day."
They will never know
All your love for me
Surer than the spring,
Stronger than the sea;
Hidden out of sight
Like a miser's gold
In forsaken fields
Where the wind is cold.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111 11101 11101 10101 11101 11111 10101 10101 10111 1011 00101 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 263 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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