Analysis of When Fishes Set Umbrellas Up
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
When fishes set umbrellas up
If the rain-drops run,
Lizards will want their parasols
To shade them from the sun.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11010101 10111 101111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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