This is an analysis of the poem Fortuna that begins with:
The wind blows east, the wind blows west,
And the frost falls and the rain:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababb AcXcc Aaaaa Adadd XcXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 1011101 010111001 11101011 1110101 01110111 1110111 010100100 101010011 10101001 01110111 11101101 011101001 1010110011 101011001 01110111 11001101 0101111111 1110110111 111011011 011110110 11101011 010100111 11001011 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, sad, to, boot, i, walk are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'tis, but, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sad, boot, walk, mine are repeated).
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- summary of Fortuna;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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