This is an analysis of the poem There Is One Thing Missing that begins with:
WHY does it seem,
There are so many people......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa aX bcddaX eX eb XbX X cbXXaXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,6,2,2,3,1,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1111010 010001100 011010 1110110010 1111001111 10011100 11010111010 01010101 01010111010 1010001110 1100101010110 111 11111 1 1111 101110 111101001 11010 1111100 10110110111 1100111 11011000110011 0010001100 11100001011110 110001 110 010001110010100 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of There Is One Thing Missing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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