This is an analysis of the poem Anticipation that begins with:

I have been temperate always,
But I am like to be very drunk... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 111100101 0110 1101 1101101 111100101 1101110 1111 11111110100011 111010 00111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Anticipation;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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