This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Sit With Expectations that begins with:

Nothing that I have given to give,
Do I regard in the giving......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbab cXcaX ddeed Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111001 11010010 110111 011001 111010001 11110 11101010 010001000011011 011011000010011 1010111100101 0101011010 110110010100010 11110111 0111011111001 11111100111001 111010111101 1010101010110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of I Don'T Sit With Expectations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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