This is an analysis of the poem That Bright Chimeric Beast that begins with:

That bright chimeric beast
Conceived yet never born,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababbcbc cdcdXeXX ffffcaca abAbefef gghbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 011101 100101 011101 101010 00101 101010 010101 1101010 0011010 10110 1011110 1011110 10010 110110 101101 1100101 010001 010101 0010100 0100010 011101 1101010 010001 100101 100101 111001 100101 0111110 110101 1011010 101111 110101 0100101 110101 10100101 111101 011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of That Bright Chimeric Beast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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