This is an analysis of the poem Hoping I Do Not Intend To Do So that begins with:

If I was told by another,
Something I had not researched myself......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbXbXab baXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01111010 101110111 00111 111010100001010 0101101101101 110110100 001010110100110 100001000111010 0 11110101011101 1101110111010 1010000101 0101111110 01011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, if are repeated.

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  • summary of Hoping I Do Not Intend To Do So;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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