This is an analysis of Rose D'Amour by Mathilde Blind.

Oh haste while roses bloom below,
Oh haste while pale and bright above…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abAb cbcbXabAb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 11110101 11111101 01111001 010101 11010001 010001001 11100101 101111 11110101 111101001 01111001 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

to, give, and

Anaphora

oh