This is an analysis of the poem I Will Wait For You that begins with:

I will wait for you.
To recover from despair....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXAA ACADEA FGFG HdHXagXg FGFGag ABXAA ACADEA aXhaddifXACAii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,8,6,5,6,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 0010001 01001000 101 10111 10111 1001001 110101 0011100101 1100110 01011101 111101 110111 1101001 1010110 01111 110010101000 01111 010111000100 1110101 1101001 1100100101 01010001101 111101 110111 1101001 1010110 10101 110111 10111 0010001 01001000 101 10111 10111 1001001 110101 0011100101 1100110 01011101 11 111111 11011 111011 11101001 1001100 1011 001001 10111 1001001 110101 101011011 10101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of I Will Wait For You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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