Analysis of Ferry Me Across The Water
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
‘Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do.’
‘If you've a penny in your purse
I'll ferry you.’
‘I have a penny in my purse,
And my eyes are blue;
So ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do.’
‘Step into my ferry-boat,
Be they black or blue,
And for the penny in your purse
I'll ferry you.’
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 1101 11010011 1101 11010011 01111 110101010 1101 1011101 11111 01010011 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 316 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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