Analysis of Wishing Well
Last chance for the wishing well, I've
saved my lucky cent.I've cast it in with
all the rest of coins and dreams I've
spent. Last chance for the wishing well,I
hope THIS wish comes true; To steal away
your restless heart and spend my life with
you.
| Scheme | ABACDBE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101011 111011101 10111011 11110101 111111101 110101111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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