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

Dame Fortune’s jade with a fanciful horn
Of silver ambitions she warns of the flame;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXacacddeXecddffffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001001 01001011001 01101011111 11101011011 11111111001 1011010110010 11001111011 11011001001 11011101001 11001011001 11101111011 11011011001 11001111101 01011011100 11111001011 11001001001 11101111001 11101101101 11001101001 01001111001 11011011011 11001111011 101101111011 110011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 218
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, she, and, i are repeated.

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

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

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