This is an analysis of the poem I Wish You Found The Time To Find Me that begins with:

I wish you found the time to find me.
Not just to see me, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabcdbacc AeXddf aecX AXbbbeffX caXcafg ahgh AcbffX fbXXXa cdeXXAde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,4,9,7,4,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 11011 01010111 0011001 01100110 0101111 11 011101111 1001011011 111101011 1111100101010 00111011 11110101 11111011 110 11 0101 11 1001 111101011 01010 011010011 11100 110011 1111 1111011010 000100100 1 111 111011110 1010111 1 11 1010 000110 111101 110 111010010 0100110 111101011 11111 111 01100110 011101010 01000101001 1 1111 11010100111 10101101111 101010 1001 1 1110100110101 111111111 11110011011011 111101011 111010010 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; to, you, on, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the 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 me is repeated).

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  • summary of I Wish You Found The Time To Find Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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