Analysis of Possession
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
THERE is a cloud above the sunset hill,
That wends and makes no stay,
For its goal lies beyond the fiery west;
A lingering breath no calm can chase away,
The onward labour of the wind's last will;
A flying foam that overleaps the crest
Of the top wave: and in possession still
A further reach of longing; though at rest
From all the yearning years,
10 Together in the bosom of that day
Ye cling, and with your kisses drink your tears.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101011 110111 11110101001 01001111101 010110111 01011101 1011000101 0101110111 110101 0100010111 1101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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