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.
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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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