Analysis of In The Train, And At Versailles
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
In a dull swiftness we are carried by
With bodies left at sway and shaking knees.
The wind has ceased, or is a feeble breeze
Warm in the sun. The leaves are not yet dry
From yesterday's dense rain. All, low and high,
A strong green country; but, among its trees,
Ruddy and thin with Autumn. After these
There is the city still before the sky.
Versailles is reached. Pass we the galleries
And seek the gardens. A great silence here,
Through the long planted alleys, to the long
Distance of water. More than tune or song,
Silence shall grow to awe within thine eyes,
Till thy thought swim with the blue turning sphere.
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Metre | 0011011101 1101110101 0111110101 1001011111 110111101 0111010111 1001110101 1101010101 0111110100 0101001101 1011010101 1011011111 1011110111 1111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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