Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale Poems

Sara Teasdale is known as a lyric poet whose work was mainly concerned with beauty, love, and death. She was known to incorporate her own experiences into her poetry, from those of youth to those of depression. Read more about Sara Teasdale.

A November Night

by Sara Teasdale

Filled with beautiful images of nature and emotion, ‘A November Night’ is one of Sara Teasdale’s best poems.

A Winter Blue Jay

by Sara Teasdale

‘A Winter Blue Jay’ by Sara Teasdale tells of a perfect day in which the speaker and her companion find the pinnacle of their love, and then surpass it.

After Love

by Sara Teasdale

‘After Love’ by Sara Teasdale expresses a relationship situation where, despite the “peace” and “safe[ty]” felt within it, the narrator still feels disappointed.

Alone

by Sara Teasdale

‘Alone’ by Sara Teasdale is a three-stanza poem that is separated into sets of four lines, or quatrains. Teasdale has chosen

Barter by Sara Teasdale

by Sara Teasdale

‘Barter’ by Sara Teasdale describes the many lovely and splendid sights, sounds and experiences life has to sell to someone willing to invest in them.

Because

by Sara Teasdale

‘Because’ by Sara Teasdale is a poem written in first person. This poem is an explanation or a confession of a lover as to where she stands in her relationship.

Buried Love

by Sara Teasdale

‘Buried Love’ by Sara Teasdale expresses a contrast of emotion within the narrator as she grieves a “Love” that was “bittersweet.”

I Am Not Yours

by Sara Teasdale

‘I Am Not Yours’ by Sara Teasdale describes the emotions of a speaker who is seeking out a love which does not strive to confine her.

Moonlight

by Sara Teasdale

‘Moonlight’ is a short lyrical poem by Sara Teasdale that uses various literary devices to depict the sorrows of a troubled youth.

September Midnight

by Sara Teasdale

‘September Midnight’ by Sara Teasdale tells of a speaker’s affection for the last days of summer and all the sights and sounds that go with it.

Spring in War Time

by Sara Teasdale

‘Spring in War Time’ is a lyric poem contemplating war and its strength; as well as its inability to stop the seasons from changing and spring from coming.

Stars

by Sara Teasdale

‘Stars’ by Sara Teasdale is a beautiful and easy-to-read poem. In it, Teasdale spends five stanzas describing and appreciating the stars in the sky. 

And a heaven full of stars

Over my head

White and topaz

And misty red;

The Answer

by Sara Teasdale

‘The Answer’ is a short poem that describes the respect that one speaker is hoping to receive from others after her death.

The Ghost

by Sara Teasdale

‘The Ghost’ by Sara Teasdale describes a speaker’s unwelcome experience after reuniting with two ex-lovers in a city she used to know. 

The Kiss

by Sara Teasdale

‘The Kiss’ by Sara Teasdale is a passionate love poem. The piece describes how devoted a speaker is to her lover and how she’d never choose anyone or anything over him. 

The Long Hill

by Sara Teasdale

The Long Hill by Sara Teasdale uses the extended metaphor of climbing a hill to represent the journey of life,

The Old Maid

by Sara Teasdale

The Old Maid by Sara Teasdale explores how a life without love can wither a person away. Teasdale creates two

The River

by Sara Teasdale

‘The River’ by Sara Teasdale is a short and effective poem. It uses a river as a narrator and describes its journey towards the ocean.

There Will Come Soft Rains

by Sara Teasdale

‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ is a beautiful, image-rich poem. In it, Teasdale describes the impact, or lack thereof, that humanity really has on the natural world.

To Sappho I

by Sara Teasdale

‘To Sappho I’ by Sara Teasdale speaks on the beauty of the past as seen from a tainted future that has lost it’s joy and magic. 

Winter Stars

by Sara Teasdale

In ‘Winter Stars’ Teasdale speaks on themes of change, aging, and the universe. Through very poetic and lyrical language and

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