This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To Those Wishes Kept that begins with:

I have admitted my wrongs.
To correct mistakes made....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddefXag Dadcf DXeff dgdgg dXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 001011 00101010 100101 10011111 1111001111 1111110001 111101 1010 010010010 111111 10100110100 110101011 01110 100010 111111 010010100010 0101010110 01110101010001 101001000111001 01010011011 1001111001 001001000 111100 11110111010 1101101 1110101110 110100001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, those are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Farewell To Those Wishes Kept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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