This is an analysis of the poem Disappointment that begins with:

But oh, I suppose she was ugly; she wasn't elegant;
I hadn't yearned for her often in my prayers....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgbhfafXiaXbcabedbbbdjbkbbikbbbkklmmbbbXXmbmdejcbafckmmhXdfdbhcfldkgmbnooXXmnak X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011110110100 11011010011 11001111101011 111100101101 1100101111101 001011011111 0101010010111 01010101001 11110101001001 1101010111 1100111101001 110111101001 11101110101110 11111111010 111101010101 11011110011 101101011101 11011100101 10010100110111 1110110101111 111010101100101 101011001101101 1110111111011 110111010101 11011010101100 1101111101 111001011101 1001010111 01111111101 11110100101 11010101100101 11010111010 010101010101 11110101001 1101110111010 0111010111 1111101110101 11010101101 1101111111101 1100110101 011101011101 1110010100 011011111100 1011110101 1010101110111 1111001100 101101011110 1011001101111 1011110101001 1011010101 11101001010101 10110100101 01011100100101 00110010101 10111010110101 0101111010011 111101111101 1101000100 110101011101 111110111001 110101110101 1101011100 111101001101 1101010101 111101100101 01011011011 1110110010011 1011101110 111111110101 1100011101 111101110101 11110011101 101111010101 011000001010 111111111101 1101010101 1101111110111 01101101110 11110101111 1111111010 110111100101 100111111 110111111101 0101010001 010001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 400
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her, and, my, what, me, you, it, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, by, what, now are repeated.

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  • summary of Disappointment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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