Analysis of Woodspurge
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
The wind flapped loose, the wind was still,
Shaken out dead from tree and hill:
I had walk’d on at the wind’s will,—
I sat now, for the wind was still.
Between my knees my forehead was,—
My lips, drawn in, said not Alas!
My hair was over in the grass,
My naked ears heard the day pass.
My eyes, wide open, had the run
Of some ten weeds to fix upon;
Among those few, out of the sun,
The woodspurge flower’d, three cups in one.
From perfect grief there need not be
Wisdom or even memory:
One thing learnt remains to me,—
The woodspurge has a cup of three.
Scheme | AAAA XBBB CXCC DDDD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 01110111 10111101 11111011 11110111 01111101 11101101 11110001 11011011 11110101 11111101 01111101 0111101 10111111 10110100 1110111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
- 34 sec read
- 120 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Woodspurge" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/7788/woodspurge>.
Discuss this Dante Gabriel Rossetti poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In