This is an analysis of the poem Expectation—is Contentment that begins with:
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Expectation—is Contentment—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaX Xbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10100010 1100 1100010 00100 01011010 00101 00101010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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