This is an analysis of the poem Of Beauty And Duty that begins with:

TWO ladies to the summit of my mind
Have clomb, to hold an argument of love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeedc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100010011 1101110001 0111000001 11001010101 01010101001 1011001101 1111110011 1101110101 1011001111 1100011111 11011010101 0101011101 1101011101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Of Beauty And Duty;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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