This is an analysis of Tramps by Madison Julius Cawein.

Oh, roses, roses everywhere but only one for me!
But one wild-rose for me, my boy, your face that's like the morn's;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb cbcb Xada eeee fgfg dada fhfh ibib chch aaaa ieie aXab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101110111 11111111111101 11010111111100 01110101111101 11110101011101 110111111100011 01111111110111 11011101110111 11110101110101 11110111111111 01010101111101 11110101011111 101111101110111 11111111011011 11011111111101 11011111110111 1101001111101001 011111011110101 11011111101111 10111111111101 11011101110101 11110101010111 11110111111101 11010101111101 110111111011101 0100101001110101 11110101010111 01111111111101 11110111110111 01111111011011 11110101110111 01010111111011 11111111111101 11111111110101 01111111110101 01110111101011 111100111111111 11111110111101 11011101110111 11011101111101 01110111111111 11011110111101 11110101111101 11110101011111 11110101111111 11111101111101 11101101110101 01010101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

roses, my, me, and, song, look, of, love, kiss, but, i, boy, he, you, some

Anaphora

but