Proserpina by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Proserpina that begins with:

LUNGI è la luce che in sù questo muro
Rifrange appena, un breve istante scorta... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX aaaXabbXcddccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011010 10100111010 1100101010010 10101010110100 110110110111 10110110010 11111110101010 01010111110 1011110110100 1011001101000 111011001 1111110110010 1000101000 1110010100 0101011111 1001110111 0101110101 01010010001 10111011111 0111001001 1111011101 0111000110 0101111111 1101110101 1111101111 1111010101 01000010100 1111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 577
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; che, e, afar, from, that are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Proserpina;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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