This is a sentimental salon piece characteristic of late 19th-century parlor music. It is distinguished by its simple, lyrical melodic line and straightforward harmonic structure.
Focus on maintaining a seamless, vocal-like legato in the right hand melody.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ashes of Roses is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Ashes of Roses lasts about 3 minutes.
Ashes of Roses is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Butterfly Lovers by Shuwen Zhang, 'Separación'. by Alfredo Nicolás Otero, Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.