Analysis of The White Rose
The white rose
stands tall against the fence,
proud and arrogant
its beauty knows no bounds,
yet at its feet
the weeds have taken hold,
nipping at her proud
roots, for the goodness,
the rose silently withers.
Wearily I walk
tyne in hand, to give
a small reprive
to the white goddess,
earth turned over, I
remove the parasite beneath,
to again allow the beauty
competition from none,
her vanity still unshaken.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKKHLMNOO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 110101 10100 110111 1111 011101 10101 11010 0110010 10011 10111 011 10110 11101 0101001 10101010 01011 01001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 392 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 326 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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