This is an analysis of A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin.
The first wild rose in wayside hedge,
This year I wandering see,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg eheh idid
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110111 0111001 11110101 111101 11111111 101101 01010101 1101001 11110101 110101 101101110 0101111 11011101 111101 010011111 110011 010010111 110111 11001101 0101001 11101111 101111 11110111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
