This is an analysis of the poem Beauty Sat Bathing By A Spring that begins with:
Beauty sat bathing by a spring,
Where fairest shades did hide her;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXXDX ececeaeaDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101001 1101010 01110101 0111010 11010111 0111100 11010011 11010110 110101 11010 00010111 1101010 1011111 0101010 11110111 1011010 111001101 1111010 110101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; nonny is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, hey are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word nonny at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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