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

Dearest creature in creation
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff aa ff gX hh ij gg cX XX kk dd Xj aa ll ff jj mm nX ff nX ff nn oo aa ff jj bb ll ll eX ll aa dj Xj bb bb pp jX ee jj qq cc mm lX ee Xj ee hh dX ii aa aa nn jj rr cc bb kk dd aa hh cX bX lX ee jj Xr XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010 1001001010 1011011 1111111 10111010 11101110 1011111 1111111 11011010 11111110 1011111 1110111 11101110 10101010 1110101 1111111 11100111 0111111 1010111 1111111 100101010 11100110 1010111 1011101 111010100 10101100 10101010 11100100 10101010 10100010 1010101 1010111 01000100010000100 10101110 10100111 1011111 1101010 10101010 1010111 110011 10101010 10101010 0010101 1111111 10111101 01101011 1111111 1011111 10011001 10101010 1010111 01010001 11100011 11101001 1010111 1110111 1001101110 10111010 1110101 1010111 10100010 01101010 1010101 1010111 10100010 10001010 1010101 1011101 111010100 10111101 1001101 1011111 10100110 10101010 11111011 10010010 10101010 11001010 1010101 1010111 11100010 10101110 1010111 1111111 10111010 101010010 1111111 1111111 11111110 11101010 111111 1010011 10111010 11101110 1111111 1110101 10100110 11100110 1111111 1110111 10111010 10111010 1110111 1110101 10100010 10101010 1111101 1011101 101010100 101010100 1110111 1010101 011000010 10100010 1001011 1111111 11011010 10101010 1010011 1111111 10100010 10101110 1110101 1010111 11101110 111110110 1111111 1110111 100111010 10101010 1010111 1111111 010101010 00101110 1011111 1011101 00101110 10111010 1001101 1110101 11111010 10101010 10011010 1111111 1010101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 73
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 146
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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