This is an analysis of the poem Losers...Unexpecting To Be, Losers that begins with:

Losers...
Unexpecting to be, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaCDDEFdddgXaBaCDDEFg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 100000 10 101000101 0110111 11101001001 1111111001 10010110 0010001 10101 0100101000 10101 10 100000 10 101000101 0110111 11101001001 1111111001 10010110 001000101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Losers...Unexpecting To Be, Losers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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