Analysis of First Love Remembered

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



PEACE in her chamber, wheresoe'er
It be, a holy place:
The thought still brings my soul such grace
As morning meadows wear.
Whether it still be small and light,
A maid's who dreams alone,
As from her orchard-gate the moon
Its ceiling showed at night:
Or whether, in a shadow dense
As nuptial hymns invoke,
Innocent maidenhood awoke
To married innocence:
There still the thanks unheard await
The unconscious gift bequeathed:
For there my soul this hour has breathed
An air inviolate.


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Poetic Form
Metre 100101 110101 01111111 11011 10111101 011101 11010101 110111 1100011 110101 100101 110100 11010101 010101 111111011 110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 475
Words 84
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 386
Words per stanza (avg) 82
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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