This is an analysis of the poem You Are On My Wish List that begins with:
You could not have known,
You are on my wish list....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXb XddddcXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11111 111111 011 11110 1001 10100101 1111110110010 11111010 11110010 011011110 010110110 00010 1110101 11111 110101100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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