This is an analysis of the poem Faces that begins with:

I look into the faces of the people passing by,
The glad ones and the sad ones, and the lined with misery,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bcbc bdbd eded fgfg ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000100010101 01110111010100 111010101010001 101110101011101 11010101111011 111010100010101 101000101110101 101010101010101 111011101110101 111011101010101 111010100110101 001010101010101 101010101010001 111000101010111 101111101111101 111010111010111 001111101010001 111110100011110 111010101010101 101110101110101 101110100010111 101110111110101 111010101110100 101000101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ones, with, has, her, of, that, i, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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