Analysis of Rushes In A Watery Place
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Rushes in a watery place,
And reeds in a hollow;
A soaring skylark in the sky,
A darting swallow;
And where pale blossom used to hang
Ripe fruit to follow.
| Scheme | ABCBDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10001001 010010 0101001 01010 01110111 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 163 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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