This is an analysis of the poem God's Wheel that begins with:

God says to me with a kind of smile,
'Hey how would you like to be God awhile...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 1111100101 1101 101111001 1111 11111 1101 1111 111111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

  • summary of God's Wheel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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