Analysis of My Friend
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Two days ago with dancing glancing hair,
With living lips and eyes:
Now pale, dumb, blind, she lies;
So pale, yet still so fair.
We have not left her yet, not yet alone;
But soon must leave her where
She will not miss our care,
Bone of our bone.
Weep not; O friends, we should not weep:
Our friend of friends lies full of rest;
No sorrow rankles in her breast,
Fallen fast asleep.
She sleeps below,
She wakes and laughs above:
To-day, as she walked, let us walk in love;
To-morrow follow so.
Scheme | ABBA CAAC DEED FGGF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101110101 110101 111111 111111 1111011101 111101 1111101 11101 11111111 101111111 11010001 10101 1101 110101 1111111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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