Analysis of An Altar-Flame
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
EVEN as when utter summer makes the grain
Bow heavily along through the whole land
It seems to me whatever while I stand
Where thou art standing; and upon my brain
Thy presence weighs like a most awful strain
Of music, heard in some cathedral fanned
With the deep breath of prayer, while the priest's hand
Uplifts the solemn sign which shall remain
After the world. Thy beauty perfecteth
A noble calmness in me; it doth send
Through my weak heart to my strong mind a rule
Of life that they shall keep till shut of death:
Death—an arched path too long to see the end,
But which hath shadows that seem pure and cool.
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Metre | 10111010101 1100011011 111110111 1111000111 1101101101 1101010101 1011111011 101011101 10011101 0101001111 1111111101 1111111111 1111111101 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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