This is an analysis of the poem With Expectation Of Acceptance that begins with:

You didn't care enough 'then'...
To give it your full attention....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXcab acXcbXXb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 01011010 110101100 1111001101 0010110011010 11010010100010 11101111010 10011111010001 011001110101010 11010010111001 1110110 1101001110011 1110001110 1101011001 00111101 11101000110001 10 1110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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  • summary of With Expectation Of Acceptance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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