This is an analysis of Yea, The Roses Are Still On Fire by Mathilde Blind.

Yea, the roses are still on fire
With the bygone heat of July,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 101011110 00111001 101101101 1011110010 00101101 100111110 110111001 0010100101 1111111010 11100111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10