Analysis of The World’s Doing
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
ONE scarce would think that we can be the same
Who used, in those first childish Junes, to creep
With held breath through the underwood, and leap
Outside into the sun. Since this mine aim
Took me unto itself, the joy which came
Into my eyes at once sits hushed and deep;
Nor even the sorrow moans, but falls asleep
And has ill dreams. For you—your very name
Seems altered in mine ears, and cannot send
Heat through my heart, as in those days afar
Wherein we lived indeed with the real life.
Yet why should we feel shame, my dear sweet friend?
Are they most honoured who without a scar
Pace forth, all trim and fresh, from the splashed strife?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1101110111 111101001 1101011111 1110010111 0111111101 11001011101 0111111101 1100110101 1111101101 0111011011 1111111111 111110101 1111011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 505 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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