This is an analysis of the poem What Has Been Yearned And Kept Wished that begins with:

To employ elements of happiness and joy,
One needs not to look long and far away for it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccXabc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100010011 111011110110 10001010010 01010101101010 10011010 110101001001 0010010010101 11101111 110001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What Has Been Yearned And Kept Wished;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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