This is an analysis of the poem Not What Is Wish...But Done that begins with:
Its been cold many nights.
When sleeping alone, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXB CDAE FgFGf AXc FgFGff FgFGf CDAEXacB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,3,6,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001101 11001 01101 11 001001 010111 111100 01 11110101 01 11110100 01111 01 001101 1100100101 011 11110101 01 11110100 01111 01 11111101 11110101 01 11110100 01111 01 001001 010111 111100 01 1100010 01101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- 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.
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