This is an analysis of To Fortune by James Thomson.

For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove
An unrelenting foe to love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff eedd ggdd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 11010101 111101001 10011111 1110101 11110101 11110011 11010101 11010111 01010101 01010001 11010001 11111101 01110101 01010101 11010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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