This is an analysis of the poem Fulfilled To Get Their Wishes that begins with:

People...
Only want to hear what they want....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBaCDaBaBaCD dXcdddd aBaBaCDaBaBadXaBaBaBdaBaBaBd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 1011100 0101110 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 1011100 0101110 1100110100111 1 11010111 11 101 110111010111 0101 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 1011100 0101110 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 101110111010 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 10101111 1001110 10 10101111 10 10101111 10 10101111 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Fulfilled To Get Their Wishes;
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  • history of its creation;
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