This is an analysis of the poem Desire that begins with:
My desire
is always the same; wherever Life...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXaXccXdbXaXeeXeddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 011010101 0101 110111 11110 00010 11011011 111 110 111 1 1101 10 0101001010 1010100010 10110 1101101 101 110010 0010011 101 010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Desire;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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