This is an analysis of Rest by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
O EARTH, lie heavily upon her eyes;
Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXXcXXXc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111000101 1011100101 1101011111 0011011101 1111011101 10011000011 11110001001 0101011101 1011110100 1011001101 1001011101 0101000100 0111011110 1111101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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