This is an analysis of the poem What Else Are You Expecting? that begins with:
Is it wrong for me to want you?
In the way I've wanted to want you? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcddeXefdgXhhicaaaXa aX e eccdfhXXXigb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,2,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111011 001110011 10101100 111010 111001 0111101 10 100 10111 1110111 1111010101 11101 1101 111110 1110 10101 10001 1110110 01110001 1101111 111001 11010101 01111011 11110101 1111 11 1101011 1111 011 1 1011011010 011101101 11101101 1011 011101011 10 11010 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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- summary of What Else Are You Expecting?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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