Analysis of Blue Roses
Roses red and roses white
Plucked I for my love's delight.
She would none of all my posies--
Bade me gather her blue roses.
Half the world I wandered through,
Seeking where such flowers grew.
Half the world unto my quest
Answered me with laugh and jest.
Home I came at wintertide,
But my silly love had died
Seeking with her latest breath
Roses from the arms of Death.
It may be beyond the grave
She shall find what she would have.
Mine was but an idle quest--
Roses white and red are best!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD AXEE XXD D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 1111101 1111111 11100110 1011101 1011101 1011011 1011101 11111 1110111 1010101 1010111 1110101 1111111 1111101 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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