| Way of expression | Words | Frequency | Distribution in following sonnets |
| Direct description of “rose” | Rose | 5 | 54 67 95 98 109 |
| Roses | 5 | 54 99 130 | |
| Rose | 1 | 1 | |
| Roses | 2 | 35 67 | |
| Description related with “rose” | Darling buds | 3 | 18 54 70 |
| Sweet/sweetest/ sweetness | 67 | 1 4 5 6 8 12 13 16 19 26 29 30 35 36 38 39 52 54 63 70 71 73 75 76 78 79 89 93 94 95 98 99 100 102 104 106 108 113 114 118 125 126 128 133 135 136 145 151 | |
| Flowers | 13 | 5 16 21 65 68 69 94 98 99 113 124 | |
| Distilled/distills/ distillation | 4 | 5 6 62 | |
| total | 8 | 100 |
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