Analysis of Roses
I kept the roses you gave me
on our first Valentine’s day
Even though they’re dried out now
and crumbling away
Somehow they smell even sweeter
even after all this time
And every whiff reminds me, I’m still
yours and you’re still mine.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 1101101 1011111 010001 1111010 1010111 0100101111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on April 05, 2023
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