This is an analysis of the poem Hap that begins with:

IF but some vengeful god would call to me
From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXaX bbbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111011101 010111101001 1111001100 111101101000 1111111111 10101011000 11110100011 1111010111 1111010111 1110011101 1100010111 1101110101 11010111001 1001110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Hap;
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  • history of its creation;
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