Analysis of A young Fir-Wood
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
THESE little firs to-day are things
To clasp into a giant's cap,
Or fans to suit his lady's lap.
From many winters many springs
Shall cherish them in strength and sap
Till they be marked upon the map,
A wood for the wind's wanderings.
All seed is in the sower's hands:
And what at first was trained to spread
Its shelter for some single head,—
Yea, even such fellowship of wands,—
May hide the sunset, and the shade
Of its great multitude be laid
Upon the earth and elder sands.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01101100 1110011 01111111 11011101 11011011 1101001 1111011 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 372 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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