Analysis of Nothing Listed from Rosetti?
One face looks out from all his canvases,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans:
We found her hidden just behind those screens,
That mirror gave back all her loveliness.
A queen in opal or in ruby dress,
A nameless girl in freshest summer-greens,
A saint, an angel — every canvas means
The same one meaning, neither more or less …
| Scheme | A B B A C B B C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111100 111011111 1101010111 11011101 0101010101 0101010101 01110100101 0111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
Christina Rosetti deserves a shout of appreciation. Poems romantic or scenic or Gospel.
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Written on December 15, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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