Analysis of Beauty
She came to me in the darkness of night,
I caught glimpses of her from candlelight.
Her face was veiled, her shape was hidden,
I wanted to rescue her from her prison.
Why should she hide her beautiful smile,
how I longed for the world to see,
how I wished to share her beauty,
as all of lifes beauty should be.
Did God make a rose to be hidden from view,
did he state a religion of Islam or Jew.
I wonder does the carnation, lead us to salvation,
I wonder if a dove leads us to true love.
I cry, that religion comes between us,
spreading hostility instead of love,
preaching war instead of peace,
Beauty is found to all who seek.
Scheme | AABB XCCC DDBE XEXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 1111001011 111010110 011101110 11011001010 111101001 11110111 11111010 11111011 11101111011 111001010111 11010010111010 11010111111 1110101011 1001000111 1010111 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on March 03, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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