This is an analysis of the poem What Are The Facts? that begins with:

Why do they have meetings,
With it stated there is a need......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc DEX c DEcfghX ccac XifbiXXXbX e XbgX ch fffcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,1,7,4,10,1,4,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 00101001 10100101 0010011101 100101101 010010011010 00111111 1101 100101101 010010011010 001 1 1101010 1101 10010011 111101001 1110101 0010110100 100011 1 1101001 111010 11111101 111 01010010 110010100101 111101 11011010 11100 110100 111001 1111101 10110 110110 0 0001 101101010011 1101 11001 1101001 00100010 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase this connects the lines.

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

  • summary of What Are The Facts?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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