Analysis of White Rose And Red
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
WHITE rose sighed in the morn,
Red rose laughed in the noon,
And 'Sweetest sweetness is ended soon,'
And 'Never heed for the thorn.'
'Love's hour passes away,'
White rose breathed in my ear;
Red rose whispered 'No need to fear;
The day is enough for day.'
Shall I heed white or red?
Shall I heed both aright?
Sighing and laughing, red and white,
'Tis 'Love her' they both have said.
Scheme | ABBA CXXC DDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 111001 111001 010101101 0101101 1101001 111011 11101111 0110111 111111 11111 10010101 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 379 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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