Analysis of My Only Wish
If I could have a magic wish
I would not ask for more
Of things that might make me selfish;
I'd think a lot before
I made that wish to really do
The most and best I could,
And so, I'd give my wish to you
To do something quite good!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110101 111111 11111110 110101 11111101 010111 01111111 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 232 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
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Written on August 12, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 12, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 12, 2023
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