This is an analysis of the poem Wanting The Moon that begins with:
Not the moon. A flower
on the other side of the water....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa XX ab cb Xb cd dX XX dXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 101010010 0101101 10011101 0101010 11011 10100110 1001010110 1001010010 1001100101 01101110 10011110 0101 10110 010010011 110010101011 0100101001 1001010 110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Wanting The Moon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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