Analysis of A White Rose
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
THE red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
But I send you a cream-white rosebud
With a flush on its petal tips;
For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01110110 0011111 10111010 0011101 111101110 10111101 1011110010 1011010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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