Analysis of January Cold Desolate

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



January cold desolate;
February all dripping wet;
March wind ranges;
April changes;
Birds sing in tune
To flowers of May,
And sunny June
Brings longest day;
In scorched July
The storm-clouds fly
Lightning-torn;
August bears corn,
September fruit;
In rough October
Earth must disrobe her;
Stars fall and shoot
In keen November;
And night is long
And cold is strong
In bleak December.


Scheme ABCCDEDEFFGGHIIHIJJI
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 1001100 1001101 1110 1010 1101 11011 0101 1101 011 0111 101 1011 0101 01010 1110 1101 01010 0111 0111 01010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 390
Words 65
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 306
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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