This is an analysis of the poem The Chaos Caused By Its Absence that begins with:

This isn't about appealing to conceptual ideals.
Or the chasing of dreams, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdc XcXXXe cfXgfhdeX ggXgbgch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 000010100010001 101001 11101101111100 1111011001 1 001011 0001010011001011 110110010101001 0110111010101 11110 0101110111 10010001 101000100100101 1111001001 101010011100 110111010 00101010011 10111111101010 1 1100010001 11001011011110 0100101101 0100110100101101 1011101001 0101101010 011010000100 1001100101011101 1010111 11001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

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

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