Analysis of Down Stream
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
BETWEEN Holmscote and Hurstcote
The river-reaches wind,
The whispering trees accept the breeze,
The ripple's cool and kind;
With love low-whispered 'twixt the shores,
With rippling laughters gay,
With white arms bared to ply the oars,
On last year's first of May.
Between Holmscote and Hurstcote
The river's brimmed with rain,
Through close-met banks and parted banks
Now near, now far again:
With parting tears caressed to smiles,
With meeting promised soon,
With every sweet vow that beguiles,
On last year's first of June.
Between Holmscote and Hurstcote
The river's flecked with foam,
'Neath shuddering clouds that hang in shrouds
And lost winds wild for home:
With infant wailings at the breast,
With homeless steps astray,
With wanderings shuddering tow'rds one rest
On this year's first of May.
Between Holmscote and Hurstcote
The summer river flows
With doubled flight of moons by night
And lilies' deep repose:
With lo! beneath the moon's white stare
A white face not the moon,
With lilies meshed in tangled hair,
On this year's first of June.
Between Holmscote and Hurstcote
A troth was given and riven,
From heart's trust grew one life to two,
Two lost lives cry to Heaven:
With banks spread calm to meet the sky,
With meadows newly mowed,
The harvest-paths of glad July,
The sweet school-children's road.
Scheme | AabacdcdAefghibiAjkjadadAlalmimiAnonpapa |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01101 010101 010010101 01101 11110101 110011 11111101 111111 01101 010111 11110101 111101 11010111 110101 11001111 111111 01101 010111 110011101 011111 1101101 110101 1100100111 111111 01101 010101 11011111 010101 11010111 011101 11010101 111111 01101 01110010 11111111 1111110 11111101 11101 0101111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,286 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,050 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 217 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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