This is an analysis of the poem Facing The Music that begins with:

Your lover was lynched
For one of those readily available reasons....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XXc ddbecb XfacfggfeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1101100010010 11110111110 111100000100 111011101 1111111 110101101 111010011 101110111101 10110101110 00110110101 1110101010 110111010101 110101110101 111100110 0100111101 1001011111 1110001010 11010110101 101001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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

  • summary of Facing The Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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