This is an analysis of Spring by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Frost-locked all the winter,
Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBcbdeXee XdddXBbdd Fffggfgaaa FhhcXXifhih
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,10,11,
  • Metre: 111010 1111101 1111101 111111 10101 11111 1000101 111101 1100111 1011100 10101 11110101 1101101 111101001 1111101 10011111 11011001 111101 1011101 11010101 011101 0111011101 010101 1111 1111011101 01010101010 0101110 01011001010 1011101 1011101 10111011101 1001 100111 1001 110101 1101 10111011101 110111 10001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 42

Anaphora

young, before