This is an analysis of Fortune Smiles by Thomas Dekker.

Fortune smiles, cry holiday,
Dimples on her cheeks do dwell,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXcacdDD DeeD
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 1011100 010100101 1101101010 1010111 1101101001 1111101 1010111 11111100 11010100 11010100 111100100100 01111011 1011111 111100100100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

her, and, merrily, let

Anaphora

sing

Epiphora

deity

Anadiplosis

holiday