Analysis of Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”
I stood there watching your birth
In a foreign land, Italian whirling
Around my ears, English in my mind.
In a red cloak lined with pink delicate roses
You are nearing land by the winds
Grace prepared for, your new life.
Love deep within your hazel eyes
Toes almost touching, baptism by water
You stand in your shell, waiting the new day.
I stood there watching your birth
In a foreign land, Italian whirling
Watching young Margherita, come into my life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 0010101010 011110011 001111110010 11101101 1011111 11011101 1110100110 1101110011 1111011 0010101010 101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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