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 |
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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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