This is an analysis of the poem Face And Fix Those Obstacles that begins with:

Face and fix those obstacles.
If ignored they will continue to grow....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDEFX ABCBDEFX CDCDGCH ABCBDEFXXCDCDGCH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 0011001001 01110 1010111 110001010 01111 01111110 010011111 1111100 0011001001 01110 1010111 110001010 01111 01111110 010011111 101001 1001010 101001 1001010 1011110 01000101 110101 1111100 0011001001 01110 1010111 110001010 01111 01111110 010011111 101001 1001010 101001 1001010 1011110 01000101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; you, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, with, don't are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Face And Fix Those Obstacles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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