Analysis of In The Round Tower At Jhansi
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
A hundred, a thousand to one; even so;
Not a hope in the world remained:
The swarming howling wretches below
Gained and gained and gained.
Skene looked at his pale young wife:—
'Is the time come?'—'The time is come!'—
Young, strong, and so full of life:
The agony struck them dumb.
Close his arm about her now,
Close her cheek to his,
Close the pistol to her brow—
God forgive them this!
'Will it hurt much?'—'No, mine own:
I wish I could bear the pang for both.'
'I wish I could bear the pang alone:
Courage, dear, I am not loth.'
Kiss and kiss: 'It is not pain
Thus to kiss and die.
One kiss more.'—'And yet one again.'—
'Good-bye.'—'Good-bye.'
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FXFX XGXG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01001011101 10100101 01010101 10101 1111111 10111111 1101111 0100111 1110101 10111 1010101 10111 1111111 111110111 111110101 1011111 1011111 11101 11111101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 652 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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