This is an analysis of Mary's Girlhood (For A Picture) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

This is that blessed Mary, pre-elect
God's Virgin. Gone is a great while, and she…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabXa XcdXcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 001110101 1101001111 1101000101 1010110101 0101000101 1011000101 1011010100 1011010101 1111011100 1101010111 1101011111 1100111111 1111111111 0101000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

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