This is an analysis of the poem Beauty that begins with:
Oh, Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet!
How canst thou let me waste my youth in sighs;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeadead
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010101 1111111101 1101010111 11011110011 1111111111 1101110101 1101011111 101101111 1001111101 0101011101 0101010111 0111111101 01010100101 1100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Beauty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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