This is an analysis of the poem Beauty's Song that begins with:

What's Life still changing ev'ry hour?
Tis all the seasons in a Day!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedeXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 11010001 01010101 11010111 11111101 11111101 10010101 01010101 11110111 11011101 11110101 01010101 11010111 10011101 00111001 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; tis, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.

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  • summary of Beauty's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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