Analysis of A Rose Will Fade
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
You were always a dreamer, Rose - red Rose,
As you swung on your perfumed spray,
Swinging, and all the world was true,
Swaying, what did it trouble you?
A rose will fade in a day.
Why did you smile to his face, red Rose,
As he whistled across your way?
And all the world went mad for you,
All the world it knelt to woo.
A rose will bloom in a day.
I gather your petals, Rose - red Rose,
The petals he threw away.
And all the world derided you;
Ah! the world, how well it knew
A rose will fade in a day!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010111 11111011 10010111 10111101 0111001 111111111 11100111 01011111 1011111 0111001 110110111 0101101 01010101 1011111 0111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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