This is an analysis of the poem Blank Faces that begins with:
Why are they gasping?
And looking in shock about? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa XX Xb aXca cdbd XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 1100101 101010 10010001 000100 01 110100 1111101 1011111 1111001 1111 10011 10101 100101111 1000 110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Blank Faces;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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