This is an analysis of the poem The Photograph: A Lynching that begins with:
is it the cut glass
of their eyes...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcd XcXbXX acdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00011 011 10101 0111 0011 10001 0001110 100010 10010100 010101 010110 0101 00101 101100001 10010010 010010010 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Photograph: A Lynching;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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