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

She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cccccc dadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011101 11110111 10011101 11001101 110010101 11011101 11010101 110100101 110101001 110100101 11111101 111111011 11111100 01110111 11010101 01110101 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, that are repeated.

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

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