Analysis of An Emerald Is As Green As Grass
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
An emerald is as green as grass;
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
A diamond is a brilliant stone,
To catch the world's desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds fire.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 010111 0100111110 011001 01010101 1101010 110101001 101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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