This is an analysis of the poem The Road Through Chaos that begins with:

I.
There is one road, one only, to the Light:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dada dcdc bb X dede fgfg ghgh ii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1011110001 0101110101 0111110111 11110011101 0001011101 0111010001 1101010111 0101010101 11011101110 0111010101 11011101010 1111010111 1111010101 1001111111 1 1111110101 1001110111 0101010101 01000101111 110001010110 11010010101 1111111010010 11001011101 11010111011 11111011101 110100101111 1111011101 11110111001 10111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Road Through Chaos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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