Analysis of Rose of roses and flower of flowers,



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Rose of beauty and fine appearance
And flower of happiness and pleasure,
lady of most merciful bearing,
And Lord for relieving all woes and cares;
  Rose of roses and flower of flowers,
Lady of ladies, Lord of lords.  Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores,
Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.

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Rosa de beldad' e de parecer
e Fror d'alegria e de prazer,
Dona en mui piadosa ser
Sennor en toller coitas e doores.
Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores,
Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.   

Such a Mistress everybody should love,
For she can ward away any evil
And she can pardon any sinner
To create a better savor in this world.
  Rose of roses and flower of flowers,
Lady of ladies, Lord of lords.

Atal Sennor dev' ome muit' amar,
que de todo mal o pode guardar;
e pode-ll' os peccados perdõar,
que faz no mundo per maos sabores.
Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores,
Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.

We should love and serve her loyally,
For she can guard us from falling;
She makes us repent the errors
That we have committed as sinners:
  Rose of roses and flower of flowers
Lady of ladies, Lord of lords.   

Devemo-la muit' amar e servir,
ca punna de nos guardar de falir;
des i dos erros nos faz repentir,
que nos fazemos come pecadores.
Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores,
Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.

This lady whom I acknowledge as my Master
And whose troubadour I'd gladly be,
If I could in any way possess her love,
I'd give up all my other lovers.
  Rose of roses and flower of flowers,
Lady of ladies, Lord of lords.   

Esta dona que tenno por Sennore de que quero seer trobador,
se eu per ren poss' aver seu amor,
dou ao demo os outros amores.
Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores,
Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.


Scheme AbcdxEbB AcccbBB fxcxEG hchbBB ideeEG cccbBB cifeEG ccbBB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (22%)
Metre 1 111001010 0101100010 101110010 0110101101 1110010110 10110111101101111 1011111 1 1011111 1110100111 1011011 1110111 101101111 1011111 101010011 1111011010 011101010 10101010011 1110010110 10110111 1111101 1111111 1111111 11110111 101101111 1011111 111010100 11111110 11101010 111010110 1110010110 10110111 1110111 1111111 1111111 11111 101101111 1011111 110110101110 01101101 11101010101 111111010 1110010110 10110111 1010111111111 1111110110 1110111 101101111 1011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,757
Words 332
Sentences 24
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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