Analysis of One Last Wish
When I think back on all the times that were
—and weren’t
My mind rewrites the answers to the questions
—never asked
To set the time that’s left on fire
—in joyful hope
To rhyme the final ending line
—with one last wish
(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)
| Scheme | AB XB AX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110110 01 11010101010 101 110111110 0101 11010101 1111 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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