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

With what a childish and short-sighted sense
Fear seeks for safety; recons up the days ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXbbcdcd
  • 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: 0101011101 1111010101 01010101011 0101010100 0101010001 1111010101 1100110001 10101001001110 1101110111 0111111001 0111110111 01011111001 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, man are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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

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