Analysis of Growing In The Vale
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Growing in the vale
By the uplands hilly,
Growing straight and frail,
Lady Daffadowndilly.
In a golden crown,
And a scant green gown
While the spring blows chilly,
Lady Daffadown,
Sweet Daffadowndilly.
| Scheme | ABAACCBCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 10001 101010 10101 101 00101 00111 101110 101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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