Analysis of A Botticelli Madonna II The Mournful Mother



O child of mine, my little Son, alas!
Beneath the sunlight of Thy gentle eyes,
Too soon, too soon, what fateful shadows rise,
Like night foretold in some sweet woodland glass?
On tender feet that scarcely bow the grass,
What stains are those of ripe pomegranate dyes?--
When on my breast Thy head in slumber lies,
What thorns are those that through my heart do pass?
And round about these crowds of haunting forms
That burn their splendor through my dimmest dreams!
O little Child, Thou Wonder too divine,
Thy precious body all my bosom warms
With mine own blood, but oftentimes it seems,
Too dearly loved,--that yet Thou art not mine.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111110101 010111101 111111011 110101111 1101110101 1111110101 1111110101 1111111111 0101111101 111101111 1101110101 1101011101 111111011 1101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 630
Words 116
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 501
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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