This is an analysis of the poem The Beau To The Virtuosos that begins with:

Hail curious wights, to whom so fair
The form of mortal flies is! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fgfg hihi bgbg gcXc ebeb bfbf jfjfXejbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110010111 0101010 11110101 1101010 101011011 1111010 11110101 0111110 10010001 11110011 10110101 1101011 110101001 01010010 11010101 1111110 11010101 0101010 111001101 1110010 10010111 1101010 11011101 1100010 110111010 110111 01010101 010101 111001101 0111010 100010101 1101010 01110111 1001010 11010101 1111010 11011101 1111010 01110101 1111010 11010101 1111010 11010111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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