This is an analysis of the poem The Disappointment that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaabbcbcaa X deXdeaaeff X gddgbffgee X gddgheehci X ghhgajjaXX X hXajceechh X cggckXjkhj X hllhaffabb X addaXmmahh X nggnbkkbdd X jaajXlXlmm X fhhfjjjjaa X Xaahgaagll X cXXihhhhjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110100100 11010101 01110111 110101110 110001010 01010001 0011001110 11010001 11110101 1101010111 1 00110111 10110101 10010100 01011101 01010101 11011101 10011101 111100101 01010101 11010111111 1 01111101 11111001 11001001 11010001 111111010 11111111 11010101 11011101 11111101 1110010011 1 11110101 11110001 0110001 10010101 110101001 010100111 01010101 11110001 10010101 0111000100 1 11010111 11010001 01110001 11010101 01011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11010011 0101010110 1 01011000 110111110 11001001 01010101 10111101 01011101 11010111 110111001 11110111 1101110111 1 11110111 11010101 01111101 01011111 01010111 11010110 10010100 01001101 111100101 0100010101 1 10010101 11010101 10110101 10111101 01010111 11110001 10010111 101000101 1111001010 01011110010 1 10010111 11101101 01110101 10010101 01101110 01010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 10100110001 1 00110101 11110101 01100001 01010001 110111010 11010101 10010101 111111010 11010111 11111110001 1 10010001 111101011 01011101 11010111 01110010 11011101 11001100 10010101 11010101 1001010101 1 11001101 101100010 010101010 1111100101 11010101 01010101 110010101 11011101 10100111 1011010101 1 11010111 11000101 1101011 111010101 011100001 10010101 01000101 11011101 11010111 0111110101 1 01010111 11100110 11111001 11110100 01011101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11100100 1110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 154
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, that, in, and, but, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, but are repeated.

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