This is an analysis of the poem Beauty And Hate that begins with:

I have sought and followed you, drunk with your sacred wine;
Led out by a laughing wind on a tumbling sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXXcXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111101101101 1110101101001 110110110101 1100111001001 111111011111 1111010111101 111110101011 101100100101 010111011010 1101111100110 11010100101 1111001001010 011100101101 1011100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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