This is an analysis of the poem You Are Disappointed? You Thought... that begins with:
You are disappointed? You thought that in peace we
Would part to the sound of a requiem, a swan-song?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc bcab XXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010111011 1100100100011 110110110010 101010010011 1010011010110 101101001010 1010110111110 1010101011110 01001001101000 010110011010 1011010110101 1011100010110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, would, it, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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