Analysis of Beauty
Theodosia Garrison 1874 – 1944
Sometimes, slow moving through unlovely days,
The need to look on beauty falls on me
As on the blind the anguished wish to see,
As on the dumb the urge to rage or praise;
Beauty of marble where the eyes may gaze
Till soothed to peace by white serenity,
Or canvas where one master hand sets free
Great colours that like angels blend and blaze.
O, there be many starved in this strange wise--
For this diviner food their days deny,
Knowing beyond their vision beauty stands
With pitying eyes--with tender, outstretched hands,
Eager to give to every passer-by
The loveliness that feeds a soul's demands.
Scheme | ABBAABBA XCDDCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 0111110111 1101010111 1101011111 1011010111 1111110100 1101110111 111110101 1111010111 11111101 1001110101 11001110011 10111100101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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