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

And were they but for this, those passionate schemes
Of joy, that I have nursed? indeed for this... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdXdc efefe ggggg chchc ijiji ckckXXcacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111011001 0111110110 1101111111 101101001 110001 1111001111 1111110011 10011101100 10111101 110101 1111000101 11010111000 0101110101 01011101 101001 1000101101 1001010111 1101010101 101001011 0100101 1000100111 0100010111 1111011101 10111111 110111 11111101111 1101110111 0101000101 10011101 01010100 1101111101 011111110010 0111010001 011101010 110101 01111111111 0101110111 11110110011 11010001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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