This is an analysis of The Decision Of Fortune by Anne Kingsmill Finch.
Fortune well-Pictur'd on a rolling Globe,
With waving Locks, and thin transparent Robe,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcccccccddcceeffffggdddbbhhXbbXbbbbiiidXbbbbffffddbXjjkkkbbbbccccc
- Stanza lengths: 69,
- Metre: 1011010101 0101110101 0101000101 1011011101 1111011001 110101101 0101010111 1001110101 1101010111 11010101001 1011011101001 1111111110 0101110101 1101010111 1101000101 1101011101 1101010101 10010011101 1101000101 1101110001 1110001101 1011111101 1011110101 1101010101 0101010111 1101011101 1101010111 1101011101 1001011101 1101001101 1101010101 1101011111 1111111101 01110101010 1101110111 1111111111 1110011111 0101001101 1111010101 1110010111 1101000101 1100010101 0101010110 1001110101 1101111101 10100011101 1011110101 1101110111 1111011101 1101000101 1110010101 1101110101 1101110101 0111111101 110110010001 0111111001 1101111101 10001010011 1101110101 1100011111 1111000101 10101000101 1101010111 1101010111 11010011101 1111011101 1101111010 110010011010 11011111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
her, and, to, shou'd, she, had, he
Anaphora
and, thou
