Analysis of Ave Maria Gratia Plena

Oscar Wilde 1854 (Dublin) – 1900 (Paris)



Was this His coming! I had hoped to see
A scene of wondrous glory, as was told
Of some great God who in a rain of gold
Broke open bars and fell on Danae:
Or a dread vision as when Semele
Sickening for love and unappeased desire
Prayed to see God's clear body, and the fire
Caught her brown limbs and slew her utterly:
With such glad dreams I sought this holy place,
And now with wondering eyes and heart I stand
Before this supreme mystery of Love:
Some kneeling girl with passionless pale face,
An angel with a lily in his hand,
And over both the white wings of a Dove.


Scheme ABBCADDAEFGEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011111 0111010111 1111100111 11010111 101101110 1001101010 11111100010 1011010100 1111111101 01110010111 0110110011 11011111 1101010011 0101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 569
Words 114
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 448
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. he was known for his plays, but his short fairy tales have intense moralistic views. his writings bring up a beauty into ones soul and was known for his wiseacreing and after given 2 years hard labour was left a broken man to live out his life in exile in france. my favourite works include the nightingale and the rose, star child, and lady windemere's fan. more…

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