Analysis of Wishes
Shane Kitch 2008 (Joplin, MO)
For the longest time I wished you would wake up
I wished you would sober up
I wished you would be the mother I wanted
And I thought about that wish quite often
Every time I heard you had gotten clean
A part of me wished you'd come to see
The man that I had grown to be
Though, another part was scared to see
How long it'd take for you to leave
I didn't know if I could take
All the hurt and all the pain
After all this time I have forgiven
But I will not ever forget
All the times I wished and dreamed
That you would go get yourself clean
And now you're here I hope to stay
Cause it would not be okay
For you to hurt the others
Like you hurt me
So I truly hope you stay clean
| Scheme | AABCDEEEFGHCIJDKKLED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 10101111111 1111101 11111010110 0110111110 10011111101 011111111 01111111 101011111 111011111 11011111 1010101 1011111010 11111001 1011101 11111011 01111111 111111 1111010 1111 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 677 |
| Words | 147 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 526 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 145 |
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