This is an analysis of the poem Luck Has Nothing To Do With What Has Been Achieved that begins with:

Sacrifice, initiative, motivation, discipline...
Self esteem, belief, faith and consistency, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbbXaXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101001010100 10101110100 0001001111 1110001 011111101 111010 100100001 00101 110101 101 01011101 1111110101 01110101010010 00100101110001001 111001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Luck Has Nothing To Do With What Has Been Achieved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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