This is an analysis of the poem Luck that begins with:

“Luck”
said Dan,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbeecafdfgXgg bbhhijkjkXffkkii kkkkkkll eeggmmkkXXhhggkbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,16,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11 1011 11110 11010001101 1010101 111 11 10 101 010101011 1010111 110111111 1010111011 1111 11111 011 111011 1001111 111001101111010 1101111010 1111011010 11 01101 11111101 110111 0111111110 11011 11001 11001 11001 11101101 01111101101 11110110 001110 011110 11011111110 11101111 11101101 1 101001 1 10011010001 100101001 1111111111 01110111 110110001 111111111 010100101 110 0010110 0110110110110 1010 11100111 101 11011110111101 11110101 11 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, dan, ve, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, forty are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of Luck;
  • central theme;
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