Analysis of The House of Life: 22. Heart's Haven
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
Sometimes she is a child within mine arms,
Cowering beneath dark wings that love must chase,--
With still tears showering and averted face,
Inexplicably fill'd with faint alarms:
And oft from mine own spirit's hurtling harms
I crave the refuge of her deep embrace,--
Against all ills the fortified strong place
And sweet reserve of sovereign counter-charms.
And Love, our light at night and shade at noon,
Lulls us to rest with songs, and turns away
All shafts of shelterless tumultuous day.
Like the moon's growth, his face gleams through his tune;
And as soft waters warble to the moon,
Our answering spirits chime one roundelay.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010111 10001111111 11110000101 010011101 0111110101 1101010101 011101011 0101110101 01101110111 1111110101 11111001 1011111111 0111010101 1010010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 696 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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