This is an analysis of Christmas Roses by Francis William Bourdillon.

White-faced Winter Roses,
O'er the grave I plant you…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 111010 1001111 101100 101111 111010 00101 111010 10001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8