This is an analysis of the poem Cries For Justice that begins with:

Cries for justice over injustices committed,
Are first heard to come......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD EFGG Add AeE ABCD EFGGXAEAe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110100100010 11101 01111010101 000100000101 111001111 0100101010010 01110111100 11011101001010 10111010 10101110 110100101101 10101010 001011111 110100110101 1110100100010 11101 01111010101 000100000101 111001111 0100101010010 01110111100 11011101001010 10101010 110100110101 10111010 1101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same words cries, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Cries For Justice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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