This is an analysis of the poem Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart that begins with:

PRAISED be the Art whose subtle power could stay
Yon cloud, and fix it in that glorious shape;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011101011 11110011001 1101011001 1111000101 11110100111 1101010101 1101010101 11010001001 11011101010 11011100100 1001010101 11010101110 0111010101 001001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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