This is an analysis of Wants by Edith Wharton.
WE women want too many things;
And first we call for happiness, -…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh XiXi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 11111100 01010101 01011001 11010111 11111101 110101111 01011101 11110101 111100111 11111101 11010111 11111101 11110101 11010101 01110100 11011101 01010001 11010110 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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