Analysis of Amid the Roses
Alice Dunbar-Nelson 1875 (New Orleans, Louisiana) – 1935 ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
There is tropical warmth and languorous life
Where the roses lie
In a tempting drift
Of pink and red and golden light
Untouched as yet by the pruning knife.
And the still, warm life of the roses fair
That whisper "Come,"
With promises
Of sweet caresses, close and pure
Has a thorny whiff in the perfumed air.
There are thorns and love in the roses’ bed,
And Satan too
Must linger there;
So Satan’s wiles and the conscience stings,
Must now abide—the roses are dead.
| Scheme | ABCDAEFGHEIJEKI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) |
| Metre | 111001011 10101 00101 11010101 011110101 0011110101 1101 1100 11010101 1010100011 1110100101 0101 1101 11100101 110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 509 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 375 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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