This is an analysis of the poem A Lost Chance that begins with:
[It is stated that a shepherd, who had for many years grazed his flocks in
a district in which a rich tin-mining town in Queensland now stands,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcc dedee fafXa gggXg bXbgg hahaa XXXXi jkjkk ibibb ieieX Xgdgg babaa flfll XcXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001010101111001010 01001011101011111 1110001010011 1010101111100110 0111100111010101 1010011011101010 001110001010101 101010101111111 0110011010100010 100010101100001 0111001010111010 011000101110101 111111101111101 01111010001101010 1001010101111011 1010101011111010 1110101110111100 101011111111101 1011101010101010 1010111001010101 1110101000101110 101010010001000 101101110111001 1010100011111010 001110100100011 1010110001111010 10010001001010001 111100111001011 0010101000100010 0110011100100001 111011001110010 101110101111111 011000100110111 0010111100101100 0010100100010100 0010101011100010 001000111010000 111011100001101 1110101000111110 001010111010101 0010101001101010 101010101010101 11010111010111 1110101110100010 101010100010101 1010101110100010 110000101110001 01011100010011 1011001100100010 101001100011101 1010101010100010 101010111110101 1010101101111100 1111111010111010 111111101100001 1111101010101010 111111101100101 101111101110101 11111011011101110 11101010101001001 0110011110101110 111010100110111 111011001110101 0110111010100110 101010101010100 1010101010101110 101010101010001 101011101110001 1111111111011111 11101011101100101 1011101011111111 101010110011101 001011111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, in, to, have, my, for, of, what, who, on, i, mine, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, what, by, i are repeated.
The author used the same word to 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 A Lost Chance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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