This is an analysis of Ferry Me Across The Water by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
‘Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do.’…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBcBcbaBXbcB
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 10101010 1101 01010011 1101 11010011 11111 110101010 1101 1001101 01111 11010011 1101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
