This is an analysis of A Dead Rose by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
O Rose! who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba aaaa acca adda abba aeea abba affa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111011 11010011111 1111111101 110000111011 0111011 01010011101 1101010111 010110001011 0111011 1101001101 11010111001 01010101111 0111011 11111000001 0101110101 01011101011 0111011 0101000101 0111110101 01011101011 0111011 1110110101 1101111101 01011101011 0111001 0101011111 1111111101 11011101011 1101111 1111101101 1101110101 11010111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
to, thee, doth
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
thee
