This is an analysis of the poem Brittle Beauty that begins with:

Brittle beauty that nature made so frail,
Whereof the gift is small, and short the season,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaaXXXXabXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110111 10010111010 10001011101 10 100101010 10001010101 10010111110 1 10 01010111100 100100110101 1101011010 10001111110 11010101010 110111001010 011010111010 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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