This is an analysis of the poem I See What I Want that begins with:

I see what I want in the farm ... right now I see
braids of wheat combed by the wind, and I close my eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcabdaaeXefgghabieafebbjabagaXkfajbebbXghflfbbabhfbcgmahfbdmlkijXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110011111 101110111111 00110100 1011010010 111110011111 010111111111 01001011010 10100101101 111110011111 01000111100101 101010011000111011101 1110011001 1111100101001 11101111001011 10100110101001 0110010111101011 11111011111 011110101011111 01001111 1010011101001011 11111011111 0101110100110011 11100100010101010111 11 01011001011 11111010100100 1101011001 1000101111 110001110001001 0010 111110101111 1100110101010 0100111110101001 11111011110 11111011111 1010011100110 1010110111011111 01111010101 1111101110111110 101101111101001 1011011000101 11111111101100101 11111011111010 0111010100100011 1010 1111111011001011 10101111111010110 1111100100000110101 0100101011010011 10111010010010 111001101010100101 010 111110100110110101100 100010011001100 10010101101101110 01101111011010111 11111110011111 101011010101 101010100101000010 011 000010110101110 101 111110101010 11010100101 1100011 1111100010 0101101011011000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 347
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, my, and, in, you, but, their, bread are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bread connects the lines.

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