This is an analysis of the poem See It Through that begins with:

When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXDdedeXddD acfcfdXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1010101 11111110 1111101 10101010 1011111 11111110 101 11001011 1110111 11111101 1100101 00101010 1011111 10000111 101 10111110 1010101 10101110 1110111 11111110 11110011 11110010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word through at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of See It Through;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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