Analysis of My Pretty Rose Tree
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
A flower was offered to me,
Such a flower as May never bore;
But I said 'I've a pretty rose tree,'
And I passed the sweet flower o'er.
Then I went to my pretty rose tree,
To tend her by day and by night;
But my rose turned away with jealousy,
And her thorns were my only delight.
| Scheme | AXAX ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01011011 101011101 111101011 011011010 111111011 11011011 1111011100 001011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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