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

Within the hollowed hand of God,
Blood-red they lie, the dice of fate,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcXXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11110101 11111100 11110111 01111101 01110100 11010101 01010100 11111101 01011101 00111101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; no is repeated.

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

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