This is an analysis of London To Folkestone (Half-Past One To Half-Past Five) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

A constant keeping-past of shaken trees,
And a bewildered glitter of loose road;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXdeafaagcbdXhbheddgaefdidbihdigbibcaibaadgdebhbXXeed
  • Stanza lengths: 56,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1001010011 1011010101 01111100101 1101010100 1111010101 1011010111 1111010101 1111010111 1101011100 1111111111 1100110111 1001010111 1011110101 1110111101 1110110101 1111101101 10110100111 1111111101 1101010001 0111110101 01000110111 0101010111 11101110111 1101110111 0111011101 1111110111 1101011101 0010110101 1011111101 1100010111 1001010111 1101110101 1111011111 1101001101 1111101111 0101001101 0011010011 1111010101 1101011111 1011110101 0101100111 1001011100 1101000100 101101011111 1001010111 1111110111 1001010001 1001 101101 0101001111 1101010101 1101010101 1111010111 01010100101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

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