Analysis of The Day-Dream
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
THE thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore
Still bear young leaflets half the summer through;
From when the robin 'gainst the unhidden blue
Perched dark, till now, deep in the leafy core,
The embowered throstle's urgent wood-notes soar
Through summer silence. Still the leaves come new;
Yet never rosy-sheathed as those which drew
Their spiral tongues from spring-buds heretofore.
Within the branching shade of Reverie
Dreams even may spring till autumn; yet none be
Like woman's budding day-dream spirit-fann'd.
Lo! tow'rd deep skies, not deeper than her look,
She dreams; till now on her forgotten book
Drops the forgotten blossom from her hand.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010010 1111010101 110101011 1111100101 01110111 1101010111 1101011111 110111101 0101011100 11011110111 1101011101 1111110101 1111100101 1001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 522 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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