This is an analysis of the poem How Beauty Contrived To Get Square With The Beast that begins with:

Miss Guinevere Platt
Was so beautiful that... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabXcbddaXca eeeaXXeecccc aaaffXggahha iiajjakkjXXX AakddXeecllc iieggeccdddd aaabbagXeddXddgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 111001 11001001 11001 101001 01001001 101011 101001 11101101 010100 110010 01001001 001001 101101 11001001 01001 011110 10010001 111101 111001 11011001 1010010 110010 11111011 11001 101001 101001011 111001 111001 11001011 101001 011001 111001001 1110010 010010 11001011 11011 101001 111101001 001101 111101 01011001 011001 111001 11111001 0110010 111111 011010100 11001 101011 01001001 111101 101001 10011101 001001 101011 11101001 1010001 111101 101101001 101001 011011 101011011 11011 101101 01101101 11101 101001 11101111 010010 1100110 11001011 101011 101001 01111001 111101 111101 11011001 111001 101100 001001001 1010010 111110 11001001 01001001011 11001001011 11010001001 11001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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