Analysis of 'The Rose Family' Song 1



O flower at my window
Why blossom you so fair,
With your green and purple cup
Upturned to sun and air?
'I bloom, blithesome Bessie,
To cheer your childish heart;
The world is full of labor,
And this shall be my part.'
Whirl, busy wheel, faster,
Spin, little thread, spin;
The sun shines fair without,
And we are gay within.

O robin in the tree-top,
With sunshine on your breast,
Why brood you so patiently
Above your hidden nest?
'I brood, blithesome Bessie,
And sing my humble song,
That the world may have more music
From my little ones erelong.'
Whirl, busy wheel, faster,
Spin, little thread, spin;
The sun shines fair without,
And we are gay within.

O balmy wind of summer,
O silver-singing brook,
Why rustle through the branches?
Why shimmer in your nook?
'I flutter, blithesome Bessie,
Like a blessing far and wide;
I scatter bloom and verdue
Where'er my footsteps glide.'
Whirl, busy wheel, faster,
Spin, little thread, spin;
The sun shines fair without,
And we are gay within.

O brook and breeze and blossom,
And robin on the tree,
You make a joy of duty,
A pride of industry;
Teach me to work as blithely,
With a willing hand and heart:
The world is full of labor,
And I must do my part.
Whirl, busy wheel, faster,
Spin, little thread, spin;
The sun shines fair without,
And we are gay within.


Scheme abxbcdEdEFGF xhchcixiEFGF ejxjckakEFGF xccccdEdEFGF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 110111 1110101 11101 11110 111101 0111110 011111 110110 11011 011101 011101 1100011 11111 1111100 011101 11110 011101 10111110 111011 110110 11011 011101 011101 1101110 110101 1101010 110011 110110 1010101 110101 10111 110110 11011 011101 011101 1101010 010101 1101110 011100 1111110 1010101 0111110 011111 110110 11011 011101 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,311
Words 241
Sentences 13
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 12, 12, 12, 12
Lines Amount 48
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 249
Words per stanza (avg) 59
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. more…

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