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
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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Coventry Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage. more…

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