Analysis of After Death
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept
And strewn with rushes, rosemary and may
Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay,
Where through the lattice ivy-shadows crept.
He leaned above me, thinking that I slept
And could not hear him; but I heard him say:
'Poor child, poor child:' and as he turned away
Came a deep silence, and I knew he wept.
He did not touch the shroud, or raise the fold
That hid my face, or take my hand in his,
Or ruffle the smooth pillows for my head:
He did not love me living; but once dead
He pitied me; and very sweet it is
To know he still is warm though I am cold.
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Metre | 0100110111 011101001 1101011111 110101011 1101110111 0111111111 1111011101 1011001111 1111011101 1111111101 1100110111 1111110111 111010111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 458 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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