This is an analysis of Lucky by Tony Hoagland.
If you are lucky in this life,
you will get to help your enemy…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abcd ecfgh Xfijk jlmkkn nXXf fmej ljXi AghXb gdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,6,4,4,4,5,3,
- Metre: 01110001 101011100 011101110 111101010101 00010101 11010 111111 110010100 1101 011101110110 010101 01010001 10111 0101 1110101 110011 1110001 1100110011 111101 11110 011010011 111010101 1101010011 011100 11110101 00010001 01011101 01111101 01 110100111101 101010100010 0101010 01110001 1010101 0101011 0010101 011100 010100111110 011001011 110101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, and
Anaphora
her, because