This is an analysis of An Ode To Fortune by Eugene Field.

O Lady Fortune! 't is to thee I call,
Dwelling at Antium, thou hast power to crown…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacca cddcbbc ebbeeee fccfccf
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 11010100111 10110111001 0101010101 1101000100 010001111101 0101011101 0111 01010101001 0101010101 0101110101 0111110101 11000100111 0101011101 0101 0100011011 1111110101 10010001001 1011011001 01011100101 1111010111 11001 10111101 1111011101 1101110001 11010011100 11011010111 100110101001 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

to, of, and

Anaphora

of