Analysis of Who Has Seen the Wind?

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



Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you.
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.


Scheme AbcbAded
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 10111 11011100 011101 11101 10111 11011111 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 214
Words 44
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 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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