This is an analysis of the poem Facing Rejection that begins with:
Feelings may be hidden but felt not to lie,
From a heart left broken no matter how disguised....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCDCECEE deb ABADBF CDCECEE ABADBF CDBDABBD CDFFXCDFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,6,7,6,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011101 001110110101 1101 10010 1101 010111 1101 1100110111 0111011001 11010100010 1101010111 0111000101 10101011101 11010100101 10101011101 110100001001 10001101001 001001101001 1101 10010 1101 010111 1101 1100110111 0111011001 10101011101 11010100101 10101011101 110100001001 10001101001 001001101001 1101 10010 10001101001 110100001001 10101011101 11010100101 10001101001 110100001001 1101 10010 101001101001 001001101001 1101 10010 101001101001 001001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be, felt, hidden, not, rejection are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines face is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word face at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Facing Rejection;
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