Analysis of On Plucking A Hedgerow Rose.
Lennox Amott 1861 – 1909
I saw on a hedge that was flourishing by
A rose that was stirred by the breath of the morn,
So smiling and fragrant it looked there, that I
Was tempted to seize it, forgetting the thorn.
I eagerly plucked it but found to my pain
'Twas scentless and in it an insect was curled,
So I flung it away to the hedgerow again
And I thought of the joys of this troublesome world.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11101111001 01111101101 11001011111 11011101001 11001111111 110011111 11110110101 011101111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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