This is an analysis of the poem There Is Nothing Wrong In Wanting that begins with:

It is easy to pick up and leave,
For......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDebf AbXfXX GhgiGiJH fdc AbCDJHGiXefhih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,8,3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001111 1 110010011 11101101 11010101 0101 00100110 001001111 1 0011101 001010000111 100001100 1111010 10101 010100100011 10101010 0010011101 10101 0010101101 1010101001 00100101 101010111 0010100000 0100001 001001111 1 110010011 11101101 1010101001 00100101 10101 001010110101 1111 11001 01101101 010110110 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words it, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of There Is Nothing Wrong In Wanting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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