This is an analysis of Rose And Thistle by Ina D. Coolbrith.

As grows the rose
The thistle grows-…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101 0101 10010 111 1111 0101 0101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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