Analysis of Mary Magdalene At The Door Of Simon The Pharisee.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
“WHY wilt thou cast the roses from thine hair?
Nay, be thou all a rose,—wreath, lips, and cheek.
Nay, not this house,—that banquet-house we seek;
See how they kiss and enter; come thou there.
This delicate day of love we two will share
Till at our ear love's whispering night shall speak.
What, sweet one,—hold'st thou still the foolish freak?
Nay, when I kiss thy feet they'll leave the stair.”
“Oh loose me! Seest thou not my Bridegroom's face
That draws me to Him? For His feet my kiss,
My hair, my tears He craves to-day:—and oh!
What words can tell what other day and place
Shall see me clasp those blood-stained feet of His?
He needs me, calls me, loves me: let me go!”
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Metre | 1111010111 1111011101 1111110111 1111010111 11001111111 111011100111 11111110101 1111111101 111111111 1111111111 1111111101 1111110101 1111111111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 686 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 508 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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