Analysis of Spring Quiet
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing;
Where in the whitethorn
Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.
Full of fresh scents
Are the budding boughs
Arching high over
A cool green house:
Full of sweet scents,
And whispering air
Which sayeth softly:
"We spread no snare;
"Here dwell in safety,
Here dwell alone,
With a clear stream
And a mossy stone.
"Here the sun shineth
Most shadily;
Here is heard an echo
Of the far sea,
Though far off it be."
Scheme | ABXB CXXX DXAX DEFE FCXC XFXFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (48%) |
Metre | 101010 10101 1111010 1011 1001 101 00101 00101 1111 10101 10110 0111 1111 01001 1110 1111 11010 1101 1011 0011 1011 11 111110 1011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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