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

AFTER FERNAND GREGH
This eve dream brims my heart, my tears unbidden rise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXa abba cbcXbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10011 011111111001 1011010100100 1101010100100 1101001100111 110101100101 011111010101 100101100111 0101011101001 110101011101 101111001101 110101011011 011111111111 1101110101001 0100011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my 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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