This is an analysis of the poem Now You'Re Wishing For A Man You Never Had that begins with:

Oh Boy,
Why did you do her wrong? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbc DceXfXX aXaage X Dgce dHeF GF dHeFe GFEXGFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,1,4,4,2,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101101 1111111 111 11010 11011010011 11 1011110 1111001 001011 1111011010 11111101 01011 11 110111010 001001111 01 1111010111 0111111001 1111110101 11 11011 110110111 110 1 110 1 01111 110110 101111 1 110 1 01111 101011101 110110 101111 11101011101 110110 101111 11101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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:

    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.

    The author used the same words and, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Now You'Re Wishing For A Man You Never Had;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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