Analysis of For An Annunciation, Early German
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
The lilies stand before her like a screen
Through which, upon this warm and solemn day,
God surely hears. For there she kneels to pray
Who wafts our prayers to God—Mary the Queen
She was Faith's Present, parting what had been
From what began with her, and is for aye.
On either hand, God's twofold system lay:
With meek bowed face a Virgin prayed between.
So prays she, and the Dove flies in to her,
And she has turned. At the low porch is one
Who looks as though deep awe made him to smile.
Heavy with heat, the plants yield shadow there;
The loud flies cross each other in the sun;
And the aisled pillars meet the poplar-aisle.
Scheme | ABBACDBAEFGHFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010101 1101110101 1101111111 11101111001 1111010111 1101100111 1101111101 1111010101 1110011010 0111101111 1111111111 101101111 0111110001 0011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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