This is an analysis of On The Site Of A Mulberry-Tree; Planted By Wm. Shakspeare; Felled By The Rev. F. Gastrell by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

THIS tree, here fall'n, no common birth or death
Shared with its kind. The world's enfranchised son,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXacdeedc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111110111 1001010111 1101011101 1101010101 1101110101 1101000110 1101010011 0101100001 11110010111 1101111001 1011011101 0101010001 11010011101 11001010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14