Analysis of The Peacock Has A Score Of Eyes
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The peacock has a score of eyes,
With which he cannot see;
The cod-fish has a silent sound,
However that may be;
No dandelions tell the time,
Although they turn to clocks;
Cat's-cradle does not hold the cat,
Nor foxglove fit the fox.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110111 111101 01110101 10111 1100101 11111 11011101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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