This is an analysis of the poem Egypt's Good Fortune that begins with:

Egypt's good fortune has changed beyond recognition,
and the foundation of the kingdom have been violently ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbbXXXbXXXaaXcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011011010 100100010101000 10110101010 0100010010100101001 1010010100 101010 1110111011111 00101101100 101010011010100 100111111000100 110101011110 111011001111 111101 100010100001 0101110 0101010010001 10010110101 1111101001110 111100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 901
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; it, not, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i are repeated.

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

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