This is an analysis of the poem Wistful that begins with:

Oh how I'd be gay and glad
If a little house I had,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffggaa hhiiccdd jjkkllcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 0010111 1000101 0010101 1011101 01010101 1110111 0110101 1011101 1010101 1110111 1010110 1111111 1110111 1000101 1110101 1111101 1111101 1101101 1110101 1010101 1011101 1110111 0110101 11111101 1110111 1010001 1011111 1010011 1111011 1110111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word oh 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 Wistful;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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