Analysis of Mnemosyne
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
THOU fill'st from the winged chalice of the soul
Thy lamp, O Memory, fire-winged to its goal.
| Scheme | AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11110110101 111100101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 100 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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