This is an analysis of the poem Chance that begins with:
Bow down before the daemon of the world—
This monstrous god, half-idiot and half-ape,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbaXXXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010001 01011100111 01001010001 0101111101 0011010111 10110010111 1101110101 0011010101 010111010010 0101100101 0101110110 0001010111 010010101110 0101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
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- summary of Chance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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