In Back Of The Real by Allen Ginsberg: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In Back Of The Real that begins with:

railroad yard in San Jose
I wandered desolate ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXX cXdXebXeaXdX ebdXXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 110100 01001100 11101 10101 01011011 01111 01110 11010 10111 010010010 111010 1101 110101 101101 101010 001101 1010101 100100 1101010 10101 00100110 1011 00010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; flower is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flower connects the lines.

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

  • summary of In Back Of The Real;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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