This is an analysis of the poem That Which Is The Wish that begins with:

If you listen you'll hear...
The ringing of distant village bells....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CcdX Ceceebe bdXef bbfXb CCfG CCXg GbGbGbGeG CCAG AB CCAXhXCCfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,7,5,5,4,4,9,4,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 010010101 111111 10100101 1111001 001011011 111111 1010100111 1101001 01010101 1010101 1010001 11000101101 00010001 011 001001101 11011101 11010101 0001010001 011010001 001 001000 01001110001 11 11111111 110101 111001 111 11111111 11010111 1001 11001 1011101 11001 1011101 11001 01101010 11001 01010100 11001 111 11111111 1101 111001 011011 010010101 111 11111111 1101 101010 11010111 11 11111111 101111 010010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same words seek, is 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 wish is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words wish, well at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of That Which Is The Wish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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