This is an analysis of You Meaner Beauties Of The Night by Sir Henry Wotton.

You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cbcbb dedeeXececc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 11010001 11010111 11110111 11010001 11110111 110010001 11011101 10110101 11110111 11000111 11001101 11110101 10110001 100010111 11110101 11110101 01110001 11011101 11010101 101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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