This is an analysis of the poem Poem 11 that begins with:

BVt if ye saw that which no eyes can see,
The inward beauty of her liuely spright,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXcbcddXeaeXXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111111 0101000101 1001010101 1111110111 1110010111 1001001 1111110100 101110101 0101011100 111110101 11101 0101010110 111100100 1110110011 10010010101 111110010100 11010 1111010101 110111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 760
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Poem 11;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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