Analysis of The House of Life: 72. The Choice, II
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
Watch thou and fear; to-morrow thou shalt die.
Or art thou sure thou shalt have time for death?
Is not the day which God's word promiseth
To come man knows not when? In yonder sky
Now while we speak, the sun speeds forth: can I
Or thou assure him of his goal? God's breath
Even at this moment haply quickeneth
The air to a flame; till spirits, always nigh
Though screen'd and hid, shall walk the daylight here.
And dost thou prate of all that man shall do?
Canst thou, who hast but plagues, presume to be
Glad in his gladness that comes after thee?
Will his strength slay thy worm in Hell? Go to:
Cover thy countenance, and watch, and fear.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 1111111111 11011111 1111110101 1111011111 1101111111 10111011 0110111011 110111011 0111111111 1111110111 101111101 1111110111 1011000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 717 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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