Analysis of Autumn Violets
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Keep love for youth, and violets for the spring:
Of if these bloom when worn-out autumn grieves,
Let them lie hid in double shade of leaves,
Their own, and others dropped down withering;
For violets suit when home birds build and sing,
Not when the outbound bird a passage cleaves;
Not with dry stubble of mown harvest sheaves,
But when the green world buds to blossoming.
Keep violets for the spring, and love for youth,
Love that should dwell with beauty, mirth, and hope:
Or if a later sadder love be born,
Let this not look for grace beyond its scope,
But give itself, nor plead for answering truth—
A grateful Ruth tho' gleaning scanty corn.
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Metre | 11110100101 1111111101 1111010111 1101011100 11001111101 110110101 1111011101 1101111100 11001010111 1111110101 1101010111 1111110111 11011111001 010111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 509 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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