Analysis of Mary Magdalen
William Cullen Bryant 1794 (Cummington) – 1878 (New York City)
FROM THE SPANISH OF BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.
Blessed, yet sinful one, and broken-hearted!
The crowd are pointing at the thing forlorn,
In wonder and in scorn!
Thou weepest days of innocence departed;
Thou weepest, and thy tears have power to move
The Lord to pity and love.
The greatest of thy follies is forgiven,
Even for the least of all the tears that shine
On that pale cheek of thine.
Thou didst kneel down, to Him who came from heaven,
Evil and ignorant, and thou shalt rise
Holy, and pure, and wise.
It is not much that to the fragrant blossom
The ragged brier should change; the bitter fir
Distil Arabian myrrh!
Nor that, upon the wintry desert's bosom,
The harvest should rise plenteous, and the swain
Bear home the abundant grain.
But come and see the bleak and barren mountains
Thick to their tops with roses: come and see
Leaves on the dry dead tree:
The perished plant, set out by living fountains,
Grows fruitful, and its beauteous branches rise,
For ever, towards the skies.
Scheme | X ABBAXX CDDCEE FGGFHH IJJIEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101101011 1110101010 0111010101 010001 1111100010 1101111011 0111001 01011101010 10101110111 111111 11111111110 1001000111 100101 11111101010 01010110101 0101001 1101010110 010111001 1100101 11010101010 1111110101 110111 01011111010 110011101 1100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 982 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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