This is an analysis of the poem Beatrice that begins with:

Send out the singers -- let the room be still;
They have not eased my pain nor brought me sleep. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcXdcedfag hfdicdeedcgagbbeXjbh dcjcbecdXfdXeiccjXhbhbcbce bXhccXjXid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,20,26,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111111111 1101111101 1111110100 0101010101 11111001010 1100011101 1101110111 1111010111 1101110011 1111010111 0001010111 1111010101 0101011111 1101010101 1101110101 1101011101 1111111111 0101000101 11011101001 1101010111 1101111100 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 1111010011 110111111 1011111101 1001111101 1111111100 1111011111 1111111101 1011010101 1111010101 0111110101 1101010101 0101010101 0111010101 01010001010 0101000101 1111010001 0111001101 1101010101 1101010111 1111110100 1111010001 1111011101 0111110101 1111110111 11010010111 1111010100 1101110101 1111011101 1110011111 01111101001 1111010111 1101110101 1101010101 1111111101 0101111101 01001110111 0101010101 1101110101 1111010111 1111010011 1111111101 1111000101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, that, dreams, me, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of Beatrice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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