Analysis of A Candlemas Dialogue.
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
"Love brought Me down; and cannot love make thee
Carol for joy to Me?
Hear cheerful robin carol from his tree,
Who owes not half to Me
I won for thee."
"Yea, Lord, I hear his carol's wordless voice;
And well may he rejoice
Who hath not heard of death's discordant noise.
So might I too rejoice
With such a voice."
"True, thou hast compassed death; but hast not thou
The tree of life's own bough?
Am I not Life and Resurrection now?
My Cross balm-bearing bough
For such as thou?"
"Ah me, Thy Cross! - but that seems far away;
Thy Cradle-song to-day
I too would raise, and worship Thee and pray:
Not empty, Lord, to-day
Send me away."
"If thou wilt not go empty, spend thy store;
And I will give thee more,
Yea, make thee ten times richer than before.
Give more and give yet more
Out of thy store."
"Because Thou givest me Thyself, I will
Thy blessed word fulfil,
Give with both hands, and hoard by giving still;
Thy pleasure to fulfil,
And work Thy Will."
Scheme | AAAAA BBXBB CCCCC DDDDD EEEEE FFFFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 1111010111 101111 1101010111 111111 1111 1111110101 011101 1111110101 111101 1101 111111111 011111 111100101 111101 1111 1111111101 110111 1111010101 110111 1101 1111110111 011111 1111110101 110111 1111 01111111 1111 1111011101 11011 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 09, 2023
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