This is an analysis of the poem Wilful Missing that begins with:

(Deserters)
There is a world outside the one you know,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; we, or are 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 there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Wilful Missing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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