This is an analysis of the poem A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion) that begins with:

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddeeffdXggddXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010001110 01000100010 1001001101 0101011101 10111111010 111100101110 01001011001 10100000101 0101000101 010010110101 1111010101 1101010101 0111010101 1111100101 1101111101 0011110111 1101010101 1011001101 10010001111 1110001001 1101010101 1101000101 1010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1006
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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