This is an analysis of Death’s Chill Between by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Chide not; let me breathe a little,
For I shall not mourn him long;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghgXbb hihihh gjgjkk lXlcddXeeeegg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11111010 1111111 10111110 0111101 1110101 1110101 1111111 1111011 1110111 1111101 1101101 1110111 1011101 1101101 1011101 1111111 1111001 1111101 1010101 0110101 1010101 1111111 1010101 0111101 1110101 1110011 1100011 1111101 11101010 10101010 1010101 1101100 1011111 1110100 1011011 0111011 1110101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1110101 1101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

i

Anaphora

you, and, bring