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."
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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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