This is an analysis of Impatience by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

How can I wait until you come to me?
The once fleet mornings linger by the way;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaB cdcddB ededdB fffffB bgbggB
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1111011101 0111010101 1101100101 1101110111 1101011111 1111 11110101010 0101110011 11110111010 1111110101 0101110111 1111 1111010111 1110010111 1101010111 1111111101 1101111111 1111 1111010101 01001110111 1111111111 1111010101 01111011111 1111 1111111111 0101111111 0111111100 0111111111 0111011101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

how, until

Epiphora

wait