Analysis of Lady Montrevor
Christina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
I do not look for love that is a dream—
I only seek for courage to be still;
To bear my grief with an unbending will,
And when I am a-weary not to seem.
Let the round world roll on; let the sun beam;
Let the wind blow, and let the rivers fill
The everlasting sea, and on the hill
The palms almost touch heaven, as children deem.
And, though young spring and summer pass away,
And autumn and cold winter come again,
And though my soul, being tired of its pain,
Pass from the ancient earth, and though my clay
Return to dust, my tongue shall not complain;—
No man shall mock me after this my day.
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Metre | 1111111101 1101110111 111111101 0111010111 1011111011 1011010101 001010101 0111101101 0111010101 0100110101 01111010111 1101010111 0111111101 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 456 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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