Analysis of Dead Hope
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Hope new born one pleasant morn
Died at even;
Hope dead lives nevermore.
No, not in heaven.
If his shroud were but a cloud
To weep itself away;
Or were he buried underground
To sprout some day!
But dead and gone is dead and gone
Vainly wept upon.
Nought we place above his face
To mark the spot,
But it shows a barren place
In our lot.
Hope has birth no more on earth
Morn or even;
Hope dead lives nevermore,
No, not in heaven.
Scheme | xaBC xdxdxx efefxaBC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1110 11110 11010 1110101 110101 1011010 1111 11011101 10101 1110111 1101 1110101 0101 1111111 1110 11110 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 419 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 26 sec read
- 108 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Dead Hope" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/5775/dead-hope>.
Discuss this Christina Georgina Rossetti poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In