Analysis of I Planted A Hand
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
I planted a hand
And there came up a palm,
I planted a heart
And there came up balm.
Then I planted a wish,
But there sprang a thorn,
While heaven frowned with thunder
And earth sighed forlorn.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001 011101 11001 01111 111001 11101 1101110 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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