This is an analysis of the poem Humored Unexpectedly that begins with:
To bait me into a debate,
With a belief I'd get upset......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXX aaccXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01100001 00011101 001000010 0010111010 011101001 0110011 1010100111 101001001101 1010010110100 10100100000111 11101101 100111001101110 111111001010100 111100111001000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of Humored Unexpectedly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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