Analysis of Destiny
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
Three roses, wan as moonlight, and weighed down
Each with its loveliness as with a crown,
Drooped in a florist's window in a town.
The first a lover bought. It lay at rest,
Like flower on flower, that night, on Beauty's breast.
The second rose, as virginal and fair,
Shrunk in the tangles of a harlot's hair.
The third, a widow, with new grief made wild,
Shut in the icy palm of her dead child.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111011 11111101 100110001 0101011111 11011011111 0101110001 100101011 0101011111 1001011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 394 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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