This is an analysis of the poem With The Face that begins with:

With the face goes a mirror
As with the mind a world....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcddaaX XebaAXXefd ccgcfgbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011010 100101 1010101 110011 111010110 010011010 110101010 1101 0111 001000011 001101 1011010 0011010 1001001 11110001 11100011 101111 100101 01010001 10000101 100111 010100 10101001 01001101 1101101 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; goes is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, soon are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eye is repeated).

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

  • summary of With The Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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