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
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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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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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