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
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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