Analysis of Herself A Rose Who Bore The Rose
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Herself a rose, who bore the Rose,
She bore the Rose and felt its thorn.
All loveliness new-born
Took on her bosom its repose,
And slept and woke there night and morn.
Lily herself, she bore the one
Fair Lily; sweeter, whiter, far
Than she or others are:
The Sun of Righteousness her Son,
She was His morning star.
She gracious, He essential Grace,
He was the Fountain, she the rill:
Her goodness to fulfil
And gladness, with proportioned pace
He led her steps through good and ill.
Christ's mirror she of grace and love,
Of beauty and of life and death:
By hope and love and faith
Transfigured to His likeness, 'Dove,
Spouse, Sister, Mother,' Jesus saith.
Scheme | ABBABCDDCDEFFEFGHIGH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01011101 11010111 1111 11010101 01011101 10011101 11010101 111101 01110001 111101 11010101 11010101 01011 0110101 11011101 11011101 11001101 110101 111101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 664 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 509 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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