Analysis of The Rose That Blushes Rosy Red
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The rose that blushes rosy red,
She must hang her head;
The lily that blows spotless white,
She may stand upright.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01110101 11101 01011101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 122 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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