This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Leave It To Chance that begins with:
I don't leave it to chance,
In the hopes my wishes and dreams come true....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACB DEEF DEEF AEg DEEF ABaCB AEG AEA AEG AEA AAAGAAAGAEX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,3,4,5,3,3,3,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 0011101111 111001 0011010 011111011 1101010 11 111 1010010 1101010 11 111 1010010 111001 111 110100 1101010 11 111 1010010 111001 0011101111 1111001 0011010 011111011 111001 111 11010000 111001 111 110100 111001 111 11010000 111001 111 110100 111001 110100 111001 11010000 111001 110100 111001 11010000 111001 111 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The author used the same words there, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word giving at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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