This is an analysis of the poem Expectation that begins with:
My flask of wine was ruby red
And swift I ran my sweet to see;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXab ababab abababXababab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11111101 01110111 1010101110 01110101 11110101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 00110101 11110101 01010101 01010101 010100101 11111111 11110101 01110101 111100101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, on, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Expectation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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