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;…
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