This is an analysis of the poem Sorry To Disappoint that begins with:

Would you rather that I'd be bent and twisted?
Raging in fits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDeXffg haiajXk iaig edgegk ABCD gibXXiXjbXghag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,4,6,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101110 1001 0100100111 0110001 11011101 1011011111 11 101111 11010 111011011 01110101010 00111010100100 110011 111110 011011111101 010110011010 101001010011 1101011011 101010100 010101101 01011010111 110111 11111 011011001100111 0101010101 11011100 11101101110 1001 0100100111 0110001 100101 1101010 11011 111010 11 111 111 110101101 101101100100 1101101 1011010100100100 11011010 10110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Sorry To Disappoint;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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