This is an analysis of the poem Expectation that begins with:
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an' strife,
Are always expecting too much out of life....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffbbff gghhiiggXhhhhhhff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001011 11101011101 11111 101111 011011010110 010110010110 11111011101 110011101000 1000011010011 11001011111 11101 011011 111101011001 11001011011 11101011001 11001001001 001001011011 11111001011 11011 101101 11101011111 11011011011 11101101001 111101011001 11111011011 11011011111 110110 111110 11011001111 10011001001 11111001001 01101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, o', an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, an' are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Expectation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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