Analysis of Spring Quiet

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing;

Where in the whitethorn
Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.

Full of fresh scents
Are the budding boughs
Arching high over
A cool green house:

Full of sweet scents,
And whispering air
Which sayeth softly:
"We spread no snare;

"Here dwell in safety,
Here dwell alone,
With a clear stream
And a mossy stone.

"Here the sun shineth
Most shadily;
Here is heard an echo
Of the far sea,
Though far off it be."


Scheme ABXB CXXX DXAX DEFE FCXC XFXFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (48%)
Metre 101010 10101 1111010 1011 1001 101 00101 00101 1111 10101 10110 0111 1111 01001 1110 1111 11010 1101 1011 0011 1011 11 111110 1011 11111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 501
Words 101
Sentences 4
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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