This is an analysis of the poem Up In The Face that begins with:

Many can't get over what time it is.
And how the minds of their 'kids', ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBCDee XeaXcfd GCFH Gche Hcaebcheb GCFHe AXBCD XHXb CXCeiXgai Xcbeaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,4,9,5,5,4,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101100 1101011 10001001 010100100 0100010100 0100010 100101 1011110 1010100101 0100100100 10010110010 1010111000 10110101 101010001010100 10110101 10110011001 01010 1010011001 10110101 1010 11011101 1110001001 10010101001 10 1001011101 001101101 100110011111 101101001 001 1000111 10101 10110101 10110011001 01010 1010011001 010100111 1011101100 1101011 10001001 010100100 0100010100 1 10010101001 11001000001000 11 10011001 1101110 10011001 0101 00101010 00110111 0110101 1010011 1010011010001 1 101101110 1110100 001001101 011101101 00100100 110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Up In The Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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