Analysis of The Golden Rose
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
A POOR lost princess, weary and worn,
Came over the down by the wind-washed moor,
And the king looked out on her grace forlorn,
And he took her in at his palace door.
He made her queen, he gave her a crown,
Bidding her rest and be glad and gay
In his golden town, with a golden gown,
And a new gold lily every day.
But the crown is heavy, the gold gown gray,
And the queen's pale breast is like autumn snows;
For he brings a gold lily every day,
But no king gathers the golden rose.
One came at last to the palace keep
By worlds of water and leagues of land,
Gray were his garments, his eyes were deep,
And he held the golden rose in his hand.
She left gold gown, gold town, gold crown,
And followed him straight to a world apart,
And he left her asleep on the wind-washed down,
With the golden rose on her quiet heart.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC CDCD EFEF BGBG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 011101001 1100110111 0011110101 0110011101 110111001 100101101 0110110101 0011101001 1011100111 0011111101 11101101001 111100101 111110101 111100111 101101101 0110101011 11111111 0101110101 01100110111 1010110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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