This is an analysis of the poem Wanting More For One To Love that begins with:

Be here and with me.
Let's know are feelings are not, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXab acXad EBF aDa cXfDgg EBFXbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,3,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1111011 10110 1011 111 01 01 0111 0101110 1100 1111 1 111 01 01 111 01 01 101101 1111111 01 01 010 010 111 01 01 101 01 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Wanting More For One To Love;
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  • history of its creation;
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