This is an analysis of Destiny by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Three roses, wan as moonlight, and weighed down
Each with its loveliness as with a crown,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bb cc dd
- Stanza lengths: 3,2,2,2,
- Metre: 1101111111 10010001001 1001010001 0101010111 110110111101 0101110011 1001000101 0101001111 1001010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 9