Analysis of With A Rose
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
In the heart of a rose
Lies the heart of a maid;
If you be not afraid
You will wear it. Who knows?
In the pink of its bloom,
Lay your lips to her cheek;
Since a rose cannot speak,
And you gain the perfume.
If the dews on the leaf
Are the tears from her eyes;
If she withers and dies,
Why, you have the belief,
That a rose cannot speak,
Though the heart of a maid
In its bosom must fade,
And with fading must break.
| Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE DBBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 001101 101101 111101 111111 001111 111101 101101 011001 101101 101101 111001 111001 101101 101101 011011 011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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