Analysis of Roses crimson, roses white
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
`Roses crimson, roses white,
Deadly pale or lovely blushing,
Both in love with May at sight,
And their maiden blood is rushing
To and fro in hope to hide
Tumult it but thus discloses.
Bring the Bridegroom to the Bride!
Everywhere are roses, roses.'
`Every wall is white with roses
`Every wall is white with roses,
Linnets pair in every tree;
Brim your beakers, twine your posies,
Kiss and quaff ere Springtime closes;
Bloom and beauty quickly flee.'
`Nay, let me sleep, or, best, be stone or steel
`Nay, let me sleep, or, best, be stone or steel,
While still endures this infamy of woe.
My one sole bliss is nor to see nor feel:
So, wake me not; and, lest you should, speak low.'
Scheme | ababcdcd DDedde FFgfg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 10111010 1011111 01101110 1010111 10111010 101101 1011010 100111110 100111110 1101001 111111 1011110 1010101 1111111111 1111111111 1101110011 1111111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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