Analysis of Regina Cœle
Coventry Patmore 1823 (Woodford, London) – 1896 (Lymington)
Say, did his sisters wonder what could Joseph see
In a mild, silent little Maid like thee?
And was it awful, in that narrow house,
With God for Babe and Spouse?
Nay, like thy simple, female sort, each one
Apt to find Him in Husband and in Son,
Nothing to thee came strange in this.
Thy wonder was but wondrous bliss:
Wondrous, for, though
True Virgin lives not but does know,
(Howbeit none ever yet confess'd,)
That God lies really in her breast,
Of thine He made His special nest!
And so
All mothers worship little feet,
And kiss the very ground they've trod;
But, ah, thy little Baby sweet
Who was indeed thy God!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFFEGHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101011101 0011010111 0111001101 111101 111101111 1111010001 10111101 11011101 1011 11011111 1110101 11110001 11111101 01 11010101 01010111 11110101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 474 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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