This is an analysis of the poem The Natural Beauty that begins with:

To Stella:
Whether Stella's eyes are found... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccccaAccddeeffccggaAeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 1010111 1111101 0010101 0111101 0010101 1011101 1011111 1010101 0101101 1011101 0010101 1010100 1110101 1010101 0110101 0110111 0111011 1111101 10100101 1011111 1010111 1000101 1010101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1110111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; if, which are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, still, which are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines art is repeated).

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

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

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