This is an analysis of the poem I will put Chaos into fourteen lines that begins with:

I will put Chaos into fourteen lines
And keep him there; and let him thence escape...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011000111 1111111101 0101011111 11011000101 0101000111 0011010101 1101010101 1101010101 11010000110 0100110101 1111010111 1101011101 1111011001 1101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 576
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, him are repeated.

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