This is an analysis of the poem Expected Or Not that begins with:
A success sought to reach,
And kept to impress is a taught perception....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcbXdXccacda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 001101 11001001010 00011010010 101010010101 01 10101000110 10011110001 1001101010100 111011110010 10101100010 1110101010 01010101001011 1001001001100 111010101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Expected Or Not;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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