Analysis of A Linnet In A Gilded Cage
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
A linnet in a gilded cage, -
A linnet on a bough, -
In frosty winter one might doubt
Which bird is luckier now.
But let the trees burst out in leaf,
And nests be on the bough,
Which linnet is the luckier bird,
Oh who could doubt it now?
| Scheme | ABCBDBEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01000101 010101 01010111 1111001 11011101 011101 110101001 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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