Analysis of Beauty Is As Beauty Does
Peace is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes clash.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no panache.
Love is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes hate.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no debate.
Joy is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes glum.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no hokum.
Truth is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes fake.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no mistake.
Kind is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes mean.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is not obscene.
Hope is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes doubt.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is no wipeout.
Good is always beautiful. Beauty is sometimes bad.
"Beauty is as beauty does" and that is ironclad.
| Scheme | XX AA BB CC DD EE FF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 111100101011 1011101011101 111100101011 1011101011101 111100101011 1011101011110 111100101011 1011101011101 111100101011 1011101011101 111100101011 101110101111 111100101011 101110101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 706 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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