This is an analysis of Brittle Beauty by Henry Howard.

Brittle beauty that nature made so frail,
Whereof the gift is small, and short the season,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaaXXXXabXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 17,
  • Metre: 1010110111 10010111010 10001011101 10 100101010 10001010101 10010111110 1 10 01010111100 100100110101 1101011010 10001111110 11010101010 110111001010 011010111010 10
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 17