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

Should some great angel say to me to-morrow,
“Thou must re-tread thy pathway from the start, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 1111111001 11010101110 1111010011 00110111010 1011010101 11111101110 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; thy, to, my are 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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