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

Cold winds can never freeze, nor thunder sour
The cup of cheer that Beauty draws for me ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb ccXc adcd eeXe ecXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111010 0101110111 10110101011 1111110111 0101010101 1111011111 0101111111 01010001001 01111101110 11010100111 1111010101 1111010101 0111111111 1101010111 0011011111 1111111111 1111110111 1111111111 1100110111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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