Analysis of Fiammetta

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



BEHOLD Fiammetta, shown in Vision here.
Gloom-girt 'mid Spring-flushed apple-growth she stands;
And as she sways the branches with her hands,
Along her arm the sundered bloom falls sheer,
In separate petals shed, each like a tear;
While from the quivering bough the bird expands
His wings. And lo! thy spirit understands
Life shaken and shower'd and flown, and Death drawn near.
All stirs with change. Her garments beat the air:
The angel circling round her aureole
Shimmers in flight against the tree's grey bole:
While she, with reassuring eyes most fair,
A presage and a promise stands; as 'twere
On Death's dark storm the rainbow of the Soul.


Scheme ABBCDBBCDEEDAE
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101 1111110111 0111010101 010101111 0101011101 11010010101 110111001 110010010111 1111010101 01010010100 1001010111 111010111 0100010111 111101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 641
Words 111
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 109
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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