This is an analysis of Chartres by Edith Wharton.

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Immense, august, like some Titanic bloom,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbXccbadadXd X XeedXeeddfdfdf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,1,14,
  • Metre: 1 0110110101 01010010101 100010101011 1001000101 110001100110 0111010111 11001000101 01110100001 0101101101 1101010101 0101011101 1001010011 1011010100 0101001101 1 0101111100 01010101111 0101000101 0100010011 10001010100 100110001 0101010111 1111010101 1101010111 0001010101 0101000101 0101111101 1001110101 01001001111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 30

Anaphora

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