Analysis of Aspecta Medusa ( For A Drawing)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
Andromeda, by Perseus sav'd and wed,
Hanker'd each day to see the Gorgon's head:
Till o'er a fount he held it, bade her lean,
And mirror'd in the wave was safely seen
That death she liv'd by.
Let not thine eyes know
Any forbidden thing itself, although
It once should save as well as kill: but be
Its shadow upon life enough for thee.
Scheme | AABBX CCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001100101 11111011 11001111101 0100011101 11111 11111 101001011 1111111111 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 377 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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