This is an analysis of the poem Disgruntled Grumblings Zinged that begins with:

My heart and I no longer fight or wrestle,
Over which way to go....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABb CDE XFXFXF Xg XFXFXF GG ABb CDE XFXFXF GGXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,2,6,2,3,3,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101110 101101 1 11110111 100010 1011111 01010010 10111 11110 10111 11110 10111 11010100101 11101 11001010 10111 11110 10111 11110 10111 010100100101 10101 11111101110 101101 1 11110111 100010 1011111 01010010 10111 11110 10111 11110 10111 010100100101 10101 1101110 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same words my, disgruntled at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word gone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Disgruntled Grumblings Zinged;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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