This is an analysis of the poem Fortuitous Poem that begins with:

I divide the people I don’t greet into four groups.
There are those whom I don’t greet in order not to compromise myself...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX Xb aX abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101110011 11111110101010111 000101 11111111010101010 0010010010010 11111111101010100111 111010010 1100111111101010100111 01011000101010 11110101011110011010110001101100010111010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, don, t, greet, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Fortuitous Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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