Analysis of For A Venetian Pastoral By Giorgione (In the Louvre)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
WATER, for anguish of the solstice:—nay,
But dip the vessel slowly,—nay, but lean
And hark how at its verge the wave sighs in
Reluctant. Hush! beyond all depth away
The heat lies silent at the brink of day:
Now the hand trails upon the viol-string
That sobs, and the brown faces cease to sing,
Sad with the whole of pleasure. Whither stray
Her eyes now, from whose mouth the slim pipes creep
And leave it pouting, while the shadowed grass
Is cool against her naked side? Let be:—
Say nothing now unto her lest she weep,
Nor name this ever. Be it as it was,—
Life touching lips with Immortality.
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Metre | 1011010101 1101010111 0111110110 0101011101 0111010111 101101011 1100110111 1101110101 0111110111 0111010101 1101010111 1101100111 1111011111 110110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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