Analysis of Ding A Ding
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
‘Ding a ding,’
The sweet bells sing,
And say:
‘Come, all be gay’
For a wedding day.
‘Dong a dong,’
The bells sigh long,
And call:
‘Weep one, weep all’
For a funeral.
Scheme | AABBBCCDDE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (70%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 101 0111 01 1111 10101 101 0111 01 1111 10100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 189 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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