Analysis of The Rosebuds
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
Yes, in that dainty ivory shrine,
With those three pallid buds, I twine
And fold away a dream divine!
One night they lay upon a breast
Where Love hath made his fragrant nest,
And throned me as a life-long guest.
Near that chaste heart they seemed to me
Types of far fairer flowers to be --
The rosebuds of a human tree!
Buds that shall bloom beside my hearth,
And there be held of richer worth
Than all the kingliest gems of earth.
Ah me! the pathos of the thought!
I had not deemed she wanted aught;
Yet what a tenderer charm it wrought!
I know not if she marked the flame
That lit my cheek, but not from shame,
When one sweet image dimly came.
There was a murmur soft and low;
White folds of cambric, parted slow;
And little fingers played with snow!
How far my fancy dared to stray,
A lover's reverence needs not say --
Enough -- the vision passed away!
Passed in a mist of happy tears,
While something in my tranced ears
Hummed like the future in a seer's!
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Metre | 101101001 11110111 01010101 11110101 11111101 01110111 11111111 111101011 0110101 11110111 01111101 1101111 11010101 11111101 1101111 11111101 11111111 11110101 11010101 1111101 01010111 11110111 010100111 01010101 10011101 1100111 11010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 942 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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