This is an analysis of the poem The Great Chance that begins with:
NOW strikes the hour upon the clock
The black sheep may rebuild the years...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc ghgh ijij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110100101 01110100 11010111 11010101 01011101 11010101 10010111 11010111 000100100 01010111 11110111 010101011 10010001 1001010101 01010110 01011101 11011101 01011101 01010101 100010101 11011101 00111101 11010101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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 The Great Chance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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