Analysis of For A Virgin And Child By Hans Memmelinck
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
(In the Academy of Bruges)
MYSTERY: God, man's life, born into man
Of woman. There abideth on her brow
The ended pang of knowledge, the which now
Is calm assured. Since first her task began
She hath known all. What more of anguish than
Endurance oft hath lived through, the whole space
Through night till day, passed weak upon her face
While the heard lapse of darkness slowly ran?
All hath been told her touching her dear Son,
And all shall be accomplished. Where He sits
Even now, a babe, He holds the symbol fruit
Perfect and chosen. Until God permits,
His soul's elect still have the absolute
Harsh nether darkness, and make painful moan.
Scheme | ABCCBBDDBEFGFGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 000100110 1001111011 11011101 0101110011 1101110101 1111111101 1001111011 1111110101 1011110101 1111010011 0111010111 10101110101 0101001101 110111010 1101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 506 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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