Not much to say for this poem:
- Strongly influenced by William Blake, as Rossetti was.
- Title translates as Louise, sister of mercy. Who was the mistress of Louis XIV in the 17th century who entered a convent.
- Themes of reminisce (Like in 'Echo' + 'Shut Out').
- 1st person narrative stance.
- Repetition in every stanza of 'Oh vanity of vanities, desire!'.
- Hyperbolic, strange, conflicted, bitter voice who is struggling with religion?
- Selfish love, vanity, thinking of yourself.
- Impurities: 'dross'
- 'perished pleasure' alliteration, highlighting how desire fades and you are essentially left with nothing.
- Interrogative in 3rd line, again showing how obsession and desire fade.
- 1st stanza has a certain pace, caesuras.
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