This is an analysis of the poem Even If It Isn'T that begins with:

What it is that's wished...
Give it a thanks and be grateful....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa BCAB DeDddaba AAAE AAAE BCABABAAAXAfABAAAXAf DEDGDEDGGGGGADGDG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,4,4,20,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 10011010 1101010100 100000001 11010010 1010001 01000101101 1110 11101 1110 11001 11101101 01011101 1111001 10111111 100000101 110100100 100000101 01000000010 100000101 110100100 100000101 01000000010 100000001 11010010 1010001 01000101101 100000 001 100000 0101 100000 1001 100000 1010 100000 001 100000 0101 100000 1001 100000 1010 10111011 011111010 10111011 01111011 10111011 011111010 10111011 01111011 11 01111011 11 11 100000101 01000 11 01000 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, get, long, gone are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gone is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word admitted at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Even If It Isn'T;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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