Analysis of Roses Can Wound

Lascelles Abercrombie 1881 (Ashton upon Mersey) – 1938 (London)



Roses can wound,
But not from having thorns they do most harm;
Often the night gives, starry-sheen or moon'd,
Deep in the soul alarm.
And it hath been deep within my heart like fear,
Girl, when you are near.
The mist of sense,
Wherein the soul goes shielded, can divide,
And she must cringe and be ashamed, and wince,
Not in appearance hide
Of rose or girl from the blazing mastery
Of bared Eternity.


Scheme ABABCCDEFEGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 1111011111 1001110111 100101 01111011111 11111 0111 0101110101 0111010101 100101 11111010100 110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 397
Words 76
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 311
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lascelles Abercrombie

Lascelles Abercrombie was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". more…

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