Analysis of A Rose Has Thorns As Well As Honey
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
A rose has thorns as well as honey,
I'll not have her for love or money;
An iris grows so straight and fine,
That she shall be no friend of mine;
Snowdrops like the snow would chill me;
Nightshade would caress and kill me;
Crocus like a spear would fright me;
Dragon's-mouth might bark or bite me;
Convolvulus but blooms to die;
A wind-flower suggests a sigh;
Love-lies-bleeding makes me sad;
And poppy-juice would drive me mad: -
But give me holly, bold and jolly,
Honest, prickly, shining holly;
Pluck me holly leaf and berry
For the day when I make merry.
| Scheme | AABBAAAACCDDAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111110 111011110 11011101 11111111 1101111 1101011 10101111 10111111 11111 01100101 1110111 01011111 111101010 10101010 11101010 10111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 566 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 431 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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