This is an analysis of Winter Roses by John Greenleaf Whittier.

My garden roses long ago
Have perished from the leaf-strewn walks;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc Xded ffff eddd Xgeg XaXa Xece
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 11000111 11110111 0101101 100101011 110010101 11010111 1100111 11110111 01010101 11010111 010101 10111101 11011100 01010111 011101 01110110 11010111 01110101 011011 10001101 01110101 11110101 110101 11010101 01110101 10111111 010101 11011110 11010111 11101101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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