Analysis of Thomas Chatterton

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



WITH Shakspeare's manhood at a boy's wild heart,—
Through Hamlet's doubt to Shakspeare near allied,
And kin to Milton through his Satan's pride,—
At Death's sole door he stooped, and craved a dart;
And to the dear new bower of England's art,—
Even to that shrine Time else had deified,
The unuttered heart that soared against his side,—
Drove the fell point, and smote life's seals apart.
Thy nested home-loves, noble Chatterton;
The angel-trodden stair thy soul could trace
Up Redcliffe's spire; and in the world's armed space
Thy gallant sword-play:—these to many an one
Are sweet for ever; as thy grave unknown
And love-dream of thine unrecorded face.


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCED
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 11111101 011101111 1111110101 01011101101 1011111110 011110111 1011011101 1101110100 0101011111 111000111 11011111011 1111011101 011110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 660
Words 116
Sentences 3
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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