Analysis of Sonnet VII: Supreme Surrender
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
To all the spirits of Love that wander by
Along his love-sown harvest-field of sleep
My lady lies apparent; and the deep
Calls to the deep; and no man sees but I.
The bliss so long afar, at length so nigh,
Rests there attained. Methinks proud Love must weep
When Fate's control doth from his harvest reap
The sacred hour for which the years did sigh.
First touched, the hand now warm around my neck
Taught memory long to mock desire: and lo!
Across my breast the abandoned hair doth flow,
Where one shorn tress long stirred the longing ache:
And next the heart that trembled for its sake
Lies the queen-heart in sovereign overthrow.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111101 0111110111 1101010001 1101011111 0111011111 110111111 1101111101 01010110111 1101110111 110011101001 01110010111 1111110101 0101110111 101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 501 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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