This is an analysis of the poem Wished In Retrospect that begins with:
How legitimate can contributions,
Of a poet made can be? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcadd aeffebbg hihbbbi hgbXXiaaici
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011010 0010110 0010011001010 11001 1100101 001000100 10100101100 111010100001010 0110100100010 111110101 0100010101 0011011010010 1111010 11010100 01001010010 111001 01101010010 1010010101 1011100100101 110101 1111100100100 1101010010100 11111011 1100011010 11010000 0100110000 111001101 0110111 111001 11000010 1101000 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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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- summary of Wished In Retrospect;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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