This is an analysis of I Planted A Rose Tree by Mathilde Blind.

I planted a rose tree in my garden,
In early days when the year was young;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1100110110 010110111 1101111010 110101101 0111101110 010101001 10101001110 1010101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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