Analysis of The Horses Of The Sea
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The horses of the sea
Rear a foaming crest,
But the horses of the land
Serve us the best.
The horses of the land
Munch corn and clover,
While the foaming sea-horses
Toss and turn over.
| Scheme | ABCBCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 10101 1010101 1101 010101 11010 1010110 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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