This is an analysis of the poem Wicked Wishes that begins with:
Liars lie on others to choose,
Lies to tell as if fun to do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcadaeefbggX aXgdahbfX b X c XXgfhfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,1,1,1,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111001 10110101 00101 0010001 110101 1101110 101111 10101010 1010001 01010100101 111001 111010001010 11100101 00101101100 1000 1011001 1 01101001100 111001 1011010 1001000 111111000010 11101 0111011000 001101101 100 10010001110110 100 01111110 111001 010010100 101011 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases demons, victims connect the lines.
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- summary of Wicked Wishes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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