Analysis of The wish I wish



I wish I could write
Like my friends do
Paint a mental portrait
If only that could do

I wish am intelligent
So first class could be my thing
And not a prayer point
That make me burn candle

I wish am rich
So a mansion on the ocean
Won't amaze me
Like the tower at Seoul

I wish am wealthy
So I could live
The life dreamt of
Not the one am in

I wish I had a lot of money
So sound of credit alert
Won't freak me
Like a fella from the remote area

I wish I have
Something doing
So I won't sit here dreaming  
Of what am yet to achieve


Scheme XAXA XBXX XXCX CXXX CXCX XBBX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1111 101010 110111 1110100 1111111 01011 111110 1111 10101010 1011 101011 11110 1111 0111 10110 111101110 1111001 111 10101001100 1111 1010 1111110 1111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 549
Words 136
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Written on December 16, 2022

Submitted by H31SBOB on February 05, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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I M Babatunde

I am by name Murtala Babatunde Ibrahim, a student of English and literary studies in IBB university Lapai more…

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