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.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 296
Words 61
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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