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

O’ Beauty of Truth, the Eternal Light!
Do I call you necessity and possibility, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bc Xd ef eb eg Xe df bX dh gi hX X Xd hj X a Xa ec XX Xf ge jg fb Xc fk ee c di Xc ca ea geXfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 11110100110100 11110100100 01010101 111111110 10010101 11110101010101 001101100110 01000100010 0101011100 11110010010101 00101010 11110110100 10010010101 11111001100 100110 11110101001010 010010 0100010 10011 11110101010 101010 1011 0110010 1111101111010 111101001101 10100100 1111101111 101010 101011101010 11001001001001 111101001110 01000010101 111110101010 1101011 01101 10100101 0101100 01011010010 111110101010 10111001 11111110 1010011010 0100101010 1011100 111101010101 0101001 01010010 01011010 111101010101010 10010010 0011001101010 1111010011010 0101001 01010110101 010110101 111110010101 10010010 101100 1100110100 01110010 111011101 1111011001 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words do, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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