This is an analysis of the poem Misfortune that begins with:
AWAY with the muses of frolic!—away
With the haunts of diversion and folly!—and mine—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB cbcb dede fgfX cgcg bcbc ghgh igig jcjc kakaXaBab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001001001 001001011011 11001001001 101101001001 11111111001 11101001101 101001001001 111001101001 11001001101 101010001001 101111010001 01001101001 01001011011 01001011011 11001001011 110001011010 101001110101 101101011011 01011001111 101101001011 11001001011 101001011001 1011111001001 1011001001001 101101001001 101010001001 101001001001 1100101001 01101011001 11001001001 11001011001 0100100111 01001001011 101011001001 101001011001 101110001001 0111011011111 1010101011101 101001101001 11111011001 11101001001 101101001001 101101011111 01001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Misfortune;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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