True Beauty by Francis Beaumont: poem analysis

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

May I find a woman fair,
And her mind as clear as air,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddee ffbb gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1011111 0010101 1011101 1110101 1101101 0111101 1110111 1110101 10100101 1111110 1011001 1110101 11100101 1111111 1101011 1110101 1010101 1010111 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; as, she, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word may at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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