This is an analysis of the poem Beauty Clear And Fair that begins with:

BEAUTY clear and fair,
   Where the air ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbc aadbcd eXeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 101 1010011 10100101 1111101 11010101 1011 1101 0011111 1010100 11101001 1111101 101101 101 01000111 10101010 10111010 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, live are repeated.

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  • summary of Beauty Clear And Fair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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