This is an analysis of the poem My Wishes Would Be Limited that begins with:

What I want...
Has a lot to do with you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDCAB adaXaa aABCDCAB XadaXXbcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1010101 0111010 11010 11010100 1011 1001 101111 1010 11010011 11100100 1110010 011111100 1 111 1010101 0111010 11010 11010100 1011 1001 111011111 1101001 110010 110110 11011111 10100 11101 10111 110111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Wishes Would Be Limited;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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