Analysis of Sonnet X: The Portrait
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
O Lord of all compassionate control,
O Love! let this my lady's picture glow
Under my hand to praise her name, and show
Even of her inner self the perfect whole:
That he who seeks her beauty's furthest goal,
Beyond the light that the sweet glances throw
And refluent wave of the sweet smile, may know
The very sky and sea-line of her soul.
Lo! it is done. Above the enthroning throat
The mouth's mould testifies of voice and kiss,
The shadowed eyes remember and foresee.
Her face is made her shrine. Let all men note
That in all years (O Love, thy gift is this!)
They that would look on her must come to me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010001 1111110101 1011110101 10101010011 111101101 0101101101 011101111 0101011101 111101011 011101101 0101010001 0111011111 1011111111 1111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 471 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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