Analysis of Madonna With Two Angels
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
Under the sky without a stain
The long, ripe, rippling of the grain;
Light, broadcast from the golden oats
Over the blackberry fences floats.
Madonna sits in a cedar chair
Tranquillized by the warm, still air;
One of the angels asleep on her knee
Under the shade of an apple tree.
The other angel holds a doll,
Covered warm in a tiny shawl;
The toy is supposed to be fast asleep
As the sister angel: in dimples deep
The grave, sweet charm on the baby face
Repeats the look of maturer grace
That hovers about Madonna's eyes,
One of the heavenly mysteries
From far ethereal latitudes
Where neither doubt nor trouble intrudes.
Ponder here in the orchard nest
On the truth of life made manifest:
The struggle and effort was all to prove
That the best of the world is home and love.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGGHHIJKKLLMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010101 011100101 1110101 10010101 010100101 110111 1101001101 100111101 01010101 10100101 0110111101 1010100101 011110101 0101111 110010101 110100100 11010010 110111001 10100101 10111110 0100101111 1011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 764 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 618 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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