This is an analysis of I Have But One Rose In The World by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

I have but one rose in the world,
And my one rose stands a-drooping:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 11111001 11111010 11110101 10011110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

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