This is an analysis of the poem Losing Track that begins with:

Long after you have swung back
away from me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb cXb ccX XaX cXX abX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 0101 1111101 1101001 101 1110101 01011001 1101 10110010 1001001010 111 0111110 1110101 110 010111 1101111 1001 01101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, pier are repeated).

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

  • summary of Losing Track;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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