Lyric Poem · Nature
A Little Budding Rose
by Emily Brontë
1It was a little budding rose,
2Round like a fairy globe,
3And shyly did its leaves unclose
4Hid in their mossy robe,
5But sweet was the slight and spicy smell
6It breathed from its heart invisible.
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Quick facts
- Poem
- A Little Budding Rose
- Poet
- Emily Brontë
- Length
- 18 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Love, Death & Loss
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 18 lines · 3 sestets
- Line length
- Lines run 6-9 syllables (median 8), consistent with tetrameter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- Emily Brontë1818–1848
- Source record
- PoetryDBA Little Budding Rose by emily-bronte, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 d7b9c4c0a162b157…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.