Analysis of What Is Pink?

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



What is pink? a rose is pink
By the fountain's brink.
What is red? a poppy's red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? why, an orange,
Just an orange!


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGDHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 1011 1110101 01101 1110111 10111 1110111 10001 11101110 101010 1110111 111001 1110011100 00101 11101110 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 451
Words 87
Sentences 17
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 337
Words per stanza (avg) 85
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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