Analysis of A wish
Laurent Colvin 1964 (San Francisco)
A wish,
wished by few,
wishing wishes mattered
or came true.
Silently hoped for
silently endured.
Silently
disappointed,
and privately absurd.
I wish my wish
realized or not.
With my wish I have some hope.
Hope,
right now,
is all I’ve got,
and my wish helps me cope.
Dashed on the rocks
before I fell.
A wish
never uttered
is a hope
in hell.
| Scheme | Abcb xxxxc adeexde xf Acef |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 111 101010 111 10011 10001 100 010 010001 1111 1011 1111111 1 11 1111 011111 1101 0111 01 1010 101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 7, 2, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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