This is an analysis of Chance by Helen Hunt Jackson.

These things wondering I saw beneath the sun:
That never yet the race was to the swift,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11100110101 1101011001 0110010001 1101011111 1111010101 1101010101 0111111111 1101011010 1101011101 01010101001 1101011101 1101111011 1111110111 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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