This is an analysis of the poem Genius In Beauty that begins with:

Beauty like hers is genius. Not the call
Of Homer's or of Dante's heart sublime, -- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXa cddccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010010101 0101010101 11011000101 010100100100 110110111 11010100110 1101011111 10001011101 1101110011 11111101001 101110010001 101101000011 11001010101 01010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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