This is an analysis of The Rose With Such A Bonny Blush by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

The rose with such a bonny blush,
What has the rose to blush about?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 00011101 10010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4