Analysis of To Be Beautiful
To be beautiful
you don't have to be beautiful to "see."
Beauty is beauty in fact when it is the way you act.
To be beautiful
you don't have to flaunt beautiful to daunt.
Beauty is beauty in truth when it is the show of couth.
To be beautiful
you don't have to trade beautiful to shade.
Beauty is beauty in flair when it is the way you care.
To be beautiful
you don't have to host beautiful to boast.
Beauty is beauty in case when it is the show of grace.
To be beautiful
you don't have to be beautiful to "see."
Beauty is beauty in fact when it is the way you act.
| Scheme | ABC Axx Axx Axx ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 11100 1111110011 10110011110111 11100 1111110011 10110011110111 11100 1111110011 10110011110111 11100 1111110011 10110011110111 11100 1111110011 10110011110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 551 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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