This is an analysis of the poem Wishing For More that begins with:
Give me something few demand.
And even fewer understand, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbcbad ccXXdXE E AAbECC E ECC E E CdCcXEC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,6,1,3,1,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11010101 010 010001011 10010 0100010 010100110100 1111011 11010111 0100011 010111001 110 11111 1110100 1110100 1110101 11010101 010 1110100 01011 1011 1110100 1110100 01011 1011 1110100 1110100 01011 10 01011 111011 1110100 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; it, to, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 this, more are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words this, more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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