This is an analysis of the poem Fate (Savitri, Part Two, Book Seven) that begins with:

Fate followed her foreseen immutable road.
Man's hopes and longings build the journeying wheels...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXbXaccXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001101001 11110101001 1101000100 11010011011 0101110111 01110101101 0100000101 1101010101 1011010101 1011010111 11010010101 1101010001 00010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word its is repeated.

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  • summary of Fate (Savitri, Part Two, Book Seven);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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