Analysis of Words On The Window-Pane
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
DID she in summer write it, or in spring,
Or with this wail of autumn at her ears,
Or in some winter left among old years
Scratched it through tettered cark? A certain thing
That round her heart the frost was hardening,
Not to be thawed of tears, which on this pane
Channelled the rime, perchance, in fevered rain,
For false man's sake and love's most bitter sting.
Howbeit, between this last word and the next
Unwritten, subtly seasoned was the smart,
And here at least the grace to weep: if she,
Rather, midway in her disconsolate text,
Rebelled not, loathing from the trodden heart
That thing which she had found man's love to be.
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Metre | 1101011101 1111110101 1011010111 111110101 1101011100 1111111111 101010101 1111011101 101111001 01010010101 0111011111 1010011 0111010101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 497 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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