This is an analysis of the poem Consequences All Must Face that begins with:

A society beset by diverse realities.
And promised entitlements, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcadX aeb fdBeGh FdBeGh ABciaFdBeGEd FdBeGEjjXFdBid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,6,12,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100011010100 1100100 10111101 0101010 11001100111 1001010000100100 1010010010100 01001100010 10100100101010111 101011101 0 1101010111 1 0010101001 0011010101 0101011101 0 1101010111 1 0010101001 0011010101 00100011010100 1100100 101001 101000101110 0 0101011101 0 1101010111 1 0010101001 00110101 01101 0101011101 0 1101010111 1 0010101001 00110101 01101001 11000111 0101011101 0 1101010111 010010010 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word soothe 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 Consequences All Must Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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