This is an analysis of Spring Quiet by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc edae efgf ghXh XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Metre: 101010 101001 1110010 1011 100100 1001 10101 00101 1011 10101 10110 0111 1011 11001 11010 1111 101010 1101 0011 10101 100110 1100 101110 0011 111010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

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