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

A POETICAL ESSAY.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeccaa ddbbaaffgg cchhccaaiiccggccggjjaabbfXbbbbaaXebbkk ccbbaacceXeellaaee jjbbbbb mmbbggbbmmbb aajjbbjjjjaakkbbjjjjbbbbjjeeddaa bbffXXmmcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,10,38,18,7,12,32,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010001 010010110101 01010001001 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 01001110101 1101110101 1011110111 1101110101 0111000101 1101010101 0101000101 10010011101 0101010100 1111010101 1011000101 0111010101 0101010111 1011011101 1101011001 1111010101 1111010101 1101010101 0111001101 10101011111 11010010001 1001010011 1111111101 1101111101 1101000101 1111010101 0101101011 1101010111 1011000101 1001010111 1011110101 10101010101 0101100001 01001010111 11001010101 1101010101 0101010011 1101010101 0101010101 1110111101 01101000101 1101110101 0101010110 1101011101 01001010101 1010011101 0111010001 1101110101 0101000101 1111011110 1111011001 1101110101 10110110101 1101010101 1101010101 1101011101 010010011001 1101010101 0101001101 11010010101 01010010101 1101011101 1101001101 11010011101 01000101010 1101011101 1011010101 1101010101 010110101 1101010101 0101110101 1101010101 1001011101 11010100101 1100100001 1010010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101110101 1101010110101 1101011101 11010011101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 11010000101 110101101 1101010101 10101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 10010100101 1101010101 1101110101 1001110101 11000100101 0101011101 11001010101 11001010101 1101010101 10110010101 1101010101 001001000101 110100101001 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1101110111 0011000101 1101110101 1101010101 1001110101 1101010101 1101110101 110110001001 1101010111 0101010001 01010101011 01001010101 0111110101 1101110101 10011111001 01011101001 010100100101 0101001101 1111010101 11110100101 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 680
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; she, of, to, where, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, the, for are repeated.

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

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

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