Analysis of Gone For Ever

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



O happy rosebud blooming
Upon thy parent tree,
Nay, thou art too presuming
For soon the earth entombing
Thy faded charms shall be,
And the chill damp consuming.

O happy skylark springing
Up to the broad blue sky,
Too fearless in thy winging,
Too gladsome in thy singing,
Thou also soon shalt lie
Where no sweet notes are ringing.

And through life's shine and shower
We shall have joy and pain;
But in the summer bower,
And at the morning hour,
We still shall look in vain
For the same bird and flower.


Scheme ABAABA ACAACA DEDDED
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010 011101 1111010 11011 110111 0011010 110110 110111 1100110 110110 110111 1111110 0111010 111101 1001010 0101010 111101 1011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 509
Words 95
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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