This is an analysis of Height In Depth by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

HE turned his face apart, and gave a sigh
And a strange whimper—such a pitiful thing…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 10110101001 1101111111 1001111011 1111011111 0011010100 0001010101 1011011111 1001111011 1100111101 0110110011 0111110001 0100110011 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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