Analysis of A Summer Wish

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



Live all thy sweet life through,
Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,
Drop down thine evening dew
To gather it anew
When day is bright:
I fancy thou wast meant
Chiefly to give delight.

Sing in the silent sky,
Glad soaring bird;
Sing out thy notes on high
To sunbeam straying by
Or passing cloud;
Heedless if thou art heard
Sing thy full song aloud.

Oh that it were with me
As with the flower;
Blooming on its own tree
For butterfly and bee
Its summer morns:
That I might bloom mine hour
A rose in spite of thorns.

Oh that my work were done
As birds' that soar
Rejoicing in the sun:
That when my time is run
And daylight too,
I so might rest once more
Cool with refreshing dew.


Scheme ABAABBB CBCCBBB DEDDFEF GHGGAHA
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111 111101 110101 1111 110111 101101 100101 1101 111111 11101 1101 11111 111101 111011 11010 101111 11001 1101 1111110 010111 111101 1111 010001 111111 011 111111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 671
Words 131
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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