Analysis of Monna Innominata [I dream of you, to wake]
Christina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
I dream of you, to wake: would that I might
Dream of you and not wake but slumber on;
Nor find with dreams the dear companion gone,
As, Summer ended, Summer birds take flight.
In happy dreams I hold you full in night.
I blush again who waking look so wan;
Brighter than sunniest day that ever shone,
In happy dreams your smile makes day of night.
Thus only in a dream we are at one,
Thus only in a dream we give and take
The faith that maketh rich who take or give;
If thus to sleep is sweeter than to wake,
To die were surely sweeter than to live,
Though there be nothing new beneath the sun.
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Metre | 1111111111 1110111101 1111010101 1101010111 0101111101 1101110111 101111101 0101111111 1100011111 1100011101 011111111 1111110111 1101010111 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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