Analysis of Dedication To Christina G. Rossetti
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
Songs light as these may sound, though deep and strong
The heart spake through them, scarce should hope to please
Ears tuned to strains of loftier thoughts than throng
Songs light as these.
Yet grace may set their sometime doubt at ease,
Nor need their too rash reverence fear to wrong
The shrine it serves at and the hope it sees.
For childlike loves and laughters thence prolong
Notes that bid enter, fearless as the breeze,
Even to the shrine of holiest-hearted song,
Songs light as these.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 1111111101 0111111111 11111100111 1111 111111111 11111100111 0111100111 11101101 1111010101 101011100101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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