This is an analysis of the poem The Wish that begins with:

WELL then! I now do plainly see
   This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXXb ccddaeea abfffbaf eegggaaXXaaffeaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1101111101 0101001101 10110101 111001110 11010101 01111100 1011010 111101001 1101111101 1011110111 11110101 11110011 01010001 101100101 100101101 11010111 11101000110 1111111101 11010011 11001101001 111010100 11010111 111110 110101 1001110001 11111101010 1111010 111101010 010011111 11111101 1101110 110111 1111110101 1101011101 010101 11110101 11111101 11010111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, both, o, when are repeated.

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

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

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