This is an analysis of the poem I Only Wish To Love You that begins with:

I only wish to love you
A storm fills the valley...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bXb caXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 011010 01010 11110101101 011010 1110101 0111011 111101 1010110 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Only Wish To Love You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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