Analysis of I Wish I'd Stop Wishing



I sometimes wish arthritis pain
Would just leave me alone,
But that thought was a wish in vain;
No magic do I own.

I also sometimes wish I had
Much less anxiety,
But even though it can get bad,
A wish won't set me free.

I need to do the best I can
With needs both big and small.
I also should pray rather than
Be wishing for it all.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 10110101 111101 11110101 110111 11001111 110100 11011111 011111 11110111 111101 11011101 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 335
Words 79
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Too many wishes

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Written on July 13, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 13, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 13, 2023

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