Analysis of The Red Rose
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
The little red rose tapped at my window—
Tapped at my window long years ago;
Glad would I run then, trip to the shadow,
Who was in hiding well did I know.
Last night I, nodding, heard at the casement
Soft knock-a-knocking come on the pane.
'Hush! 'Tis the lost rose taps at my window—
Red rose, oh, sweet rose, come back again!'
Listless I moved then, laughed at my fancies—
Wept at my fancies of years ago.
Slow went a-seeking who was in hiding,
Who came a-tapping—how should I know?
Pushed wide the window, leaned to the silence—
'Red rose, oh, sweet rose, come back again!'
'Twas but a dead branch, broken and brown branch,
Soft knock-a-knocking there on the pane.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111110 111101101 111111101 110101111 111101101 110101101 1101111110 111111101 1011111110 111101101 1101011010 110101111 1101011010 111111101 1101110011 110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 505 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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