This is an analysis of the poem The Wish that begins with:
Remember that time you made the wish?
I make a lot of wishes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X Xab b Xa bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,1,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111101 1101010 011101 01010111110 1111 1111111 1111111 11110010001 111111111 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 52
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 for is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word for at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Wish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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