Analysis of The Lily Has A Smooth Stalk
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The lily has a smooth stalk,
Will never hurt your hand;
But the rose upon her briar
Is lady of the land.
There's sweetness in an apple tree,
And profit in the corn;
But lady of all beauty
Is a rose upon a thorn.
When with moss and honey
She tips her bending briar,
And half unfolds her glowing heart,
She sets the world on fire.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101011 110111 10101010 110101 11001101 010001 1101110 1010101 111010 1101010 01010101 1101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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