Analysis of The Sick Rose
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11111 001001 11001 00101 11111 1101 011101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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