This is an analysis of the poem On A Fateful Day, An Unlucky Time that begins with:
On a fateful day, an unlucky time,
Unannounced, it may happen thus:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba BCXD XcaX dcce Xacd XcXc eXeX BCbD bfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110101 10101101 100101101010 10100111 1010110100 00100101 01110110111 10100101 1011110011 10110101 11100101100 001011111 1010111101 10101011 00101100101 101001101 1010011100 10101001 10101110101 11101001 10100111001 001001101 001001011010 111001001 101010001011 101011111 10110101001 001011010 1010110100 00100101 00110110100 10100101 10110100100 101101001 10110100100 00101111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, seems are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, seems are repeated.
The author used the same word seems at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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