Analysis of Astarte Syriaca
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
MYSTERY: lo! betwixt the sun and moon
Astarte of the Syrians: Venus Queen
Ere Aphrodite was. In silver sheen
Her twofold girdle clasps the infinite boon
Of bliss whereof the heaven and earth commune:
And from her neck's inclining flower-stem lean
Love-freighted lips and absolute eyes that wean
The pulse of hearts to the spheres' dominant tune.
Torch-bearing, her sweet ministers compel
All thrones of light beyond the sky and sea
The witnesses of Beauty's face to be:
That face, of Love's all-penetrative spell
Amulet, talisman, and oracle,—
Betwixt the sun and moon a mystery.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDDCED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010101 110100101 101010101 01110101001 1110100110 010111011 111010111 01111011001 1100110001 1111010101 010011111 1111111 1001000100 0101010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 463 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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