This is an analysis of the poem Rime 43 that begins with:

Harsh is my fortune, but harsher still is the fate
dealt me by my count: he flees from me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab aXXc XbX ddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 101101101001 111111101 110110111 1101101011 11111101111 01010101110 11110011111 11111101 1100111110 11010111011 11011110101 10111101 11010001101 010101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; me, him, who, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Rime 43;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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