Analysis of Ashore At Dover
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
On landing, the first voice one hears is from
An English police-constable; a man
Respectful, conscious that at need he can
Enforce respect. Our custom-house at home
Strict too, but quiet. Not the foul-mouthed scum
Of passport-mongers who in Paris still
Preserve the Reign of Terror; not the till
Where the King haggles, all through Belgium.
The country somehow seems in earnest here,
Grave and sufficient:—England, so to speak;
No other word will make the thing as clear.
“Ah! habit,” you exclaim, “and prejudice!”
If so, so be it. One don't care to shriek,
“Sir, this shall be!” But one believes it is.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111111 1100110001 0101011111 01011010111 1111010111 111010101 0101110101 10111110 010110101 1001010111 1101110111 1101010100 1111111111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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