Analysis of The Lily
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011101 01010111 1010110101 10110110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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