This is an analysis of the poem I Only Wish To See It that begins with:
Experience and not to be it.
And not to build a shack to pack it in the back of my home....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC AdAdBC AeAeBC AcAXBCC AFACBBCBCC AFACBBCBCCXaXXAFAcBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,7,10,20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011000 110101010001011 1101010110101 1101010 11101 010011000 00101 11010101011011 1101010110101 1101010 111 010011000 001 11010101011011 1101010110101 1101010 011 010011000 1001 110101010001011 1101010110101 1101010110101 1101010 11 010011000 1101 110101010001011 110101010001011 1101010110101 110101010001011 11010101110001 11010101110001 1101010 11 010011000 1101 110101010001011 110101010001011 1101010110101 110101010001011 11010101110001 11010101110001 01 1110 11101 1101010 11 010011000 0101 110101010001011 11010101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, and, i, not, wish, home, my, back, of, in, pack, shack, build are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 condoned, home, owned are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word condoned at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of I Only Wish To See It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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