Analysis of Rosemary
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
For the sake of some things
That be now no more
I will strew rushes
On my chamber-floor,
I will plant bergamot
At my kitchen-door.
For the sake of dim things
That were once so plain
I will set a barrel
Out to catch the rain,
I will hang an iron pot
On an iron crane.
Many things be dead and gone
That were brave and gay;
For the sake of these things
I will learn to say,
"An it please you, gentle sirs,"
"Alack!" and "Well-a-day!"
Scheme | ABXBCB ADXDCD XEAEAC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 11111 11110 11101 1111 11101 101111 10111 111010 11101 1111101 11101 1011101 10101 101111 11111 1111101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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