This is an analysis of Autumn by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
I dwell alone - I dwell alone, alone,
Whilst full my river flows down to the sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbabcXXddeaea dffbddbfff ccddd XddXgghh eeidiajjbab dkKdKeee Xkkke
- Stanza lengths: 17,10,5,8,11,8,5,
- Metre: 1101110101 1111011001 100101 111101 11110000101 111110 1101011111 110101 1101011101 1100100 11110 010100111 101111 1101010101 1011111101 1111010011 110111 1101010101 0101110101 111001 1100010001 0111 010101 10010011 1111 0111 0101010111 1101010101 111101 1101110001 111011 1111011111 0101111101 1101110101 1101011 1101011101 011101 1111010001 101101 1111010111 0111110101 010101 1111001 01010101 1011001101 110101 11010101 1101011111 101110001 1111 1100101 011111 10010101010 0111110 1111010101 0111110 1111 101101 1111100111 1111010 11110 1101110 1101010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
alone, it, in, and
Anaphora
o, hush, some, each, and
