Analysis of A Summer Wish
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Live all thy sweet life through,
Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,
Drop down thine evening dew
To gather it anew
When day is bright:
I fancy thou wast meant
Chiefly to give delight.
Sing in the silent sky,
Glad soaring bird;
Sing out thy notes on high
To sunbeam straying by
Or passing cloud;
Heedless if thou art heard
Sing thy full song aloud.
Oh that it were with me
As with the flower;
Blooming on its own tree
For butterfly and bee
Its summer morns:
That I might bloom mine hour
A rose in spite of thorns.
Oh that my work were done
As birds' that soar
Rejoicing in the sun:
That when my time is run
And daylight too,
I so might rest once more
Cool with refreshing dew.
Scheme | ABAABBB CBCCBBB DEDDFEF GHGGAHA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111 111101 110101 1111 110111 101101 100101 1101 111111 11101 1101 11111 111101 111011 11010 101111 11001 1101 1111110 010111 111101 1111 010001 111111 011 111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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