This is an analysis of Love In Little by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Because the rose the bloom of blossoms is,
And queenliest in beauty and in grace,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb acbc dada ebeX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101010100 110010101 01001011111 1101010111 1101010101 0101110101 1111010001 0101010101 1111010111 0101110101 1101001101 1101010101 1111111011 1011110101 1101110101 1111110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16