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.


Scheme ABCAABDAEFGFHE
Poetic Form
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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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Christina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. more…

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