The poet uses free verse to present the idea that you do not need lots of money to live a happy and contented life. By using no regular rhyme, line length, or stanza length, the poet mirrors her belief that a happy life is one unconstrained by materialism, reflected in the free verse structure. For example, the poem’s first stanza has irregular lines such as “full of bad weather/while inside “. This reflects the freedom the speaker feels living a simple life in the valley. In doing this, the poet presents the secret to a happy contented life as living free, with nature, away from the constraints of avarice and materialism. Secondly, the poet uses volta to contrast the happiness of the valley with the depressive material world. The shift from “sheep” like “clouds “ to the materialistic “money, houses “and “Bank accounts “highlights how the speaker believes happiness does not come from material possessions. The shift is signified by the fact “Harry didn’t care for things “, demonstrating the poet’s message that we should follow Harry’s slow, simplistic lifestyle in order to live a contented life. The volta demarcates the joy of nature from the “lies “of materialism. Finally, the poet uses simile to suggest the secret to living a happy, contented life is connection to others. The poet elicits that “at his funeral his friends tears fell like a thousand diamonds” . The use of the simile that their tears were “like… diamonds “creates a vivid image for the reader, emphasising the poet’s message that true wealth comes from human connection and simplicity, not materialism. In doing this, the poet expresses the idea that happiness comes from within by exemplifying how the “diamonds” are, in reality, the tears shed by his friends. These tears symbolise the sorrow of losing somebody yet being contented knowing you had a strong relationship and that they lived a happy, contented life.