Analysis of XXIX Heart's Heaven

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
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010111 10001111111 11110000101 010011101 0111110101 1101010101 011101011 0101110101 01101110111 1111110101 11111001 1011111111 0111010101 1010010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 709
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 March 05, 2023

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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