This is an analysis of the poem Expect More that begins with:
Expect more,
From yourself......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcd Aebc Abda AXa Abafa AfacecXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,3,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 010 011101 0101 0111 011 11 111 1001 011 1101 111010 0101 011 0101 1001101 011 00110111 111011 010010 101101 011 0011001 001011 10110010 111011 1011001 011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Expect More;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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