Analysis of Cobwebs

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



It is a land with neither night nor day,
Nor heat nor cold, nor any wind, nor rain,
Nor hills nor valleys; but one even plain
Stretches thro' long unbroken miles away:
While thro' the sluggish air a twilight grey
Broodeth; no moons or seasons wax and wane,
No ebb and flow are there among the main,
No bud-time no leaf-falling there for aye,
No ripple on the sea, no shifting sand,
No beat of wings to stir the stagnant space,
And loveless sea: no trace of days before,
No guarded home, no time-worn restingplace
No future hope no fear forevermore.


Scheme ABBAABBCDEFEF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110111 1111110111 1111011101 1011010101 110101011 111110101 1101110101 1111110111 1101011101 1111110101 0101111101 11011111 1101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 556
Words 103
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 426
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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