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

‘Anticipation is sweeter than realisation.’
It may be, yet I have not found it so.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabba cdccdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0001001011000 0101111101 0111010101 1011110011 1111010111 1111010101 10110011101 0101010001 1101000101 1001010111 11110101110 11111101110 1011010101 11011101010 10101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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  • summary of Refuted;
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