Analysis of Parted Presence

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



LOVE, I speak to your heart,
Your heart that is always here.
Oh draw me deep to its sphere,
Though you and I are apart,
And yield, by the spirit's art,
Each distant gift that is dear.
O love, my love, you are here!
Your eyes are afar to-day,
Yet, love, look now in mine eyes.
Two hearts sent forth may despise
All dead things by the way.
All between is decay,
Dead hours and this hour that dies.
O love, look deep in mine eyes!
Your hands to-day are not here,
Yet lay them, love, in my hands.
The hourglass sheds its sands
All day for the dead hours' bier;
But now, as two hearts draw near,
This hour like a flower expands.
O love, your hands in my hands!
Your voice is not on the air,
Yet, love, I can hear your voice:
It bids my heart to rejoice
As knowing your heart is there,—
A music sweet to declare
The truth of your steadfast choice.
O love, how sweet is your voice!
To-day your lips are afar,
Yet draw my lips to them, love.
Around, beneath, and above,
Is frost to bind and to bar;
But where I am and you are,
Desire and the fire thereof.
O kiss me, kiss me, my love!
Your heart is never away,
But ever with mine, for ever,
For ever without endeavour,
To-morrow, love, as to-day;
Two blent hearts never astray,
Two souls no power may sever,
Together, O my love, for ever!


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Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 1111111 1101101 0110101 1101111 1111111 1110111 1111011 1111101 111101 101101 110011011 1111011 1111111 1111011 010111 11101101 1111111 110101001 1111011 1111101 1111111 1111101 1101111 0101101 011111 1111111 1111101 1111111 0101001 1111011 1111011 01000101 1111111 1111001 11011110 11001010 1101111 1111001 11110110 010111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,285
Words 256
Sentences 17
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 42
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 958
Words per stanza (avg) 253
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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