Analysis of A Botticelli Madonna III The Loving Christ



The little hands returning wistfully
From birdlike wand'rings, ever come to rest,
On fostering hand on tender cheek or breast;
The upturned eyes, with loving certainty
Seek ever the grave face where broodingly,
The mother-soul by yearning love opprest,
With wings down-drooped, seems folded o'er the nest
Where lies the Hope of all humanity.
And she His World, and He her Calvary,--
He wraps her round with all the mystery
Of love predestined for earth's needy ones;
"Be comforted," it seems He fain would say,
"O mother mine, there dawns an Easter day,
And thou in me hast mothered many sons."


Scheme ABBAABBAAACDDC
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010100 111110111 11001110111 011110100 11001111 010111011 11111101001 1101110100 0111010100 1101110100 111011101 1100111111 1101111101 010111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 589
Words 106
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 467
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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