This is an analysis of the poem The Resolution that begins with:
The Favours of Fortune I once hop'd to gain,
And often invok'd her, but ever in vain....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001011101 11001011001 101111011111 11001001001 11111111011 101001011011 111010111010 1110100111110 001001101001 11011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.
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- summary of The Resolution;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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