This is an analysis of The December Rose by Edith Nesbit.

Here's a rose that blows for Chloe,
Fair as ever a rose in June was,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10111110 111001011 10101010 10101011 01101010 11101110 111010010 11101010 11111111 00111010 11101010 10111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12