Analysis of Song Of The Rose
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
THE lilac-time is over,
Laburnum's day is past,
The red may-blossoms cover
The white ones, fallen too fast.
And guelder-roses hang like snow,
Where purple flag-flowers grow.
And still the tulip lingers,
The wall-flower's red like blood
The ivy spreads pale fingers,
The rose is in the bud.
Good-bye, sweet lilac, and sweet may!
The Rose is on the way.
You were but heralds sent us--
All April's buds, and May's--
But painted missals lent us
That we might learn her praise,
Might cast down every bud that blows
Before our Queen, the Rose!
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110 1111 0111010 0111011 0110111 1101101 0101010 011111 0101110 011001 1111011 011101 1011011 110101 110111 111101 111100111 0110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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