This is an analysis of the poem On Beauty that begins with:
Beauty deserves the homage of the muse:
Shall mine, rebellious, the dear theme refuse? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaadeaaffeebbggaaffffbddhaaffhhffiiffiieeeejjeeffbbddhhaaeecchhffhhggjjjjbbkkjjeeaaccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 94,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010001 1101001101 11111000101 1011010001 1011011001 1101010101 01001001101 0001110101 0101010101 1101010011 1101110 1111010101 010011100101 1101010101 1111110101 0101000101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010001 1001010101 1100010101 1101110101 1101110101 1110000101 01011100101 1100110101 0101110101 11110010101 11010010101 11010001001 11010000101 1011110101 01010101010110010101 0101111101 11001001101 1011010111 0111010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010001 1111100101 110101101 0101010101 010010100101 1101000101 0101111111 0011100101 10111010001 0101010101 0101000101 0111010101 0111010101 11011001001 11001111001 0111110101 1101010101 1111010111 1101010101 0101110101 1001111101 01010100101 0110010011 1101010101 1101010101 0101000101 1101010101 0101110101 1011100101 0111010101 0101000101 0100110001 101111011 0101110101 10111011001 0101010011 1100010101 11010101001 1101110001 01011100101 1111111001 0111110101 1011100101 1001110101 101010111 1101110101 01111100101 1101110110 1101010101 0110110101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 11001110011 0001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4158
- Average number of words per stanza: 698
- Amount of lines: 94
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; her, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, may are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of On Beauty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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