Analysis of Despised And Rejected
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
My sun has set, I dwell
In darkness as a dead man out of sight;
And none remains, not one, that I should tell
To him mine evil plight
This bitter night.
I will make fast my door
That hollow friends may trouble me no more.
'Friend, open to Me.'—Who is this that calls?
Nay, I am deaf as are my walls:
Cease crying, for I will not hear
Thy cry of hope or fear.
Others were dear,
Others forsook me: what art thou indeed
That I should heed
Thy lamentable need?
Hungry should feed,
Or stranger lodge thee here?
'Friend, My Feet bleed.
Open thy door to Me and comfort Me.'
I will not open, trouble me no more.
Go on thy way footsore,
I will not rise and open unto thee.
'Then is it nothing to thee? Open, see
Who stands to plead with thee.
Open, lest I should pass thee by, and thou
One day entreat My Face
And howl for grace,
And I be deaf as thou art now.
Open to Me.'
Then I cried out upon him: Cease,
Leave me in peace:
Fear not that I should crave
Aught thou mayst have.
Leave me in peace, yea trouble me no more,
Lest I arise and chase thee from my door.
What, shall I not be let
Alone, that thou dost vex me yet?
But all night long that voice spake urgently:
'Open to Me.'
Still harping in mine ears:
'Rise, let Me in.'
Pleading with tears:
'Open to Me that I may come to thee.'
While the dew dropped, while the dark hours were cold:
'My Feet bleed, see My Face,
See My Hands bleed that bring thee grace,
My Heart doth bleed for thee,
Open to Me.'
So till the break of day:
Then died away
That voice, in silence as of sorrow;
Then footsteps echoing like a sigh
Passed me by,
Lingering footsteps slow to pass.
On the morrow
I saw upon the grass
Each footprint marked in blood, and on my door
The mark of blood for evermore.
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Metre | 111111 0101011111 0101111111 111101 1101 111111 1101110111 1101111111 11111111 11011111 111111 1001 1001111101 1111 101001 1011 110111 1111 1011110101 1111010111 11111 1111010101 1111011101 111111 1011111101 11111 0111 01111111 1011 11110111 1101 111111 1111 1101110111 1101011111 111111 01111111 1111111100 1011 110011 1110 1011 1011111111 10111011001 111111 11111111 111111 1011 110111 1101 110101110 11100101 111 1001111 1010 110101 111010111 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,681 |
Words | 355 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10, 5, 7, 8, 11, 10 |
Lines Amount | 58 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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