This is an analysis of the poem What We Want that begins with:
What we want
is never simple....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdceccacXdXeXfbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 01010 110101 11110 01011101 111111 1111 111101 0110010 111 10111 10010 111 1101001 1010101 00111 1110001 10010 10111 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What We Want;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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