This is an analysis of the poem Fata Morgana that begins with:
So I at last attain
All I have longed to gain;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccee ffaagg aabbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 111101 010101 011101 111111 1111 100111 1101001 110111 100011 010111 1111 110101 110111 110101 010101 110011 1101 110101 010001 011111 010111 1101010 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
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- summary of Fata Morgana;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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