This is an analysis of the poem Fortune Smiles that begins with:

Fortune smiles, cry holiday,
Dimples on her cheeks do dwell,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXcacdDD DeeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 1011100 010100101 1101101010 1010111 1101101001 1111101 1010111 11111100 11010100 11010100 111100100100 01111011 1011111 111100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, merrily, let are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines deity is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase holiday connects the lines.

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