Analysis of Fortune's Treachery
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
When Fortune's shield protects you, then beware --
Tomorrow, for your foot she sets a snare.
Her gift, an eaglet's pinion -- now your flight,
Anon, the lethal arrow -- to upbear!
Based on the translation by Solomon Solis-Cohen that's reproduced on page 377 of A Treasury of Jewish Poetry: From Biblical Times to the Present, edited by Nathan and Marynn Ausubel (Crown Publishers, 1957).
| Scheme | AAXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011101 011111101 011110111 10101011 1100101100101010111101001101001100110101001100111100 |
| Characters | 390 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 60 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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