This is an analysis of the poem Unexpected Is The Satisfaction That Comes that begins with:

Savor a limelight achieved,
When and if these rays upon your deeds......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc bXb aXbaXbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 110110111 110 100100101010 101110100 1010101 0101010010010 1101101011110 001001010 01100101 101000101011 1100101101010 11101010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Unexpected Is The Satisfaction That Comes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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