This is an analysis of the poem Chartres that begins with:

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Immense, august, like some Titanic bloom,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbXccbadadXd X XeedXeeddfdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0110110101 01010010101 100010101011 1001000101 110001100110 0111010111 11001000101 01110100001 0101101101 1101010101 0101011101 1001010011 1011010100 0101001101 1 0101111100 01010101111 0101000101 0100010011 10001010100 100110001 0101010111 1111010101 1101010111 0001010101 0101000101 0101111101 1001110101 01001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Chartres;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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