This is an analysis of the poem What Is It That Is Wished that begins with:
Why are 'whites' in constant dialogue,
About their superiority over 'blacks'? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXX bXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110010101 011100100101 110100110001 01111011001 010101101 111101 100101 11010111010 01111101 0010100 0010001001101 1101010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
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, that are repeated.
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- summary of What Is It That Is Wished;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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