Analysis of Beauty Clear and Fair



BEAUTY clear and fair,
   Where the air
Rather like a perfume dwells;
   Where the violet and the rose
   Their blue veins and blush disclose,
And come to honour nothing else:

Where to live near
   And planted there
Is to live, and still live new;
   Where to gain a favour is
   More than light, perpetual bliss--
Make me live by serving you!

Dear, again back recall
   To this light,
A stranger to himself and all!
   Both the wonder and the story
   Shall be yours, and eke the glory;
I am your servant, and your thrall.


Scheme AAXBBX XACXXC DXDEED
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 101 1010011 10100001 1110101 0111101 1111 0101 1110111 111011 11101001 1111101 10111 111 01010101 10100010 11101010 11110011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 534
Words 96
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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John Fletcher

John William Fletcher was an Australian politician. more…

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