This is an analysis of the poem Fortunate Moments that begins with:

Hast thou not known them, too, these moments bright,
Rare moments, such as came to me but now,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdee afafXX gagaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101110111 1011010101 1101010111 1101110101 1101010001000 1111010101 1101011101 0101011111 0100110001 1001110001 101110000101 1111000001 11010010001 1001011101 1111110101 1101010111 1011010000110 1111010101 1000011101 1001011011 1001110011 01010011101 000101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, what are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hast at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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