sound. Structurally, the song includes three different verses, an instrumental break and a reprise of the first verse. After the second verse, each section is separated from the other by a chorus. Like other Beatles songs, a triple repeat of the chorus signals the end of the song, though Pollack writes "[t]he repeat here of an entire eight bar chorus is rather unprecedented." The outro finishes by repeating a phrase from the end of the intro to provide a feeling of symmetry. Genre The composition fuses several different styles and is difficult to categorise. Musicologist Alan W. Pollack describes the song on the whole as folk rock, as does MacDonald, though Pollack characterises parts of the song differently, describing the first two verses as "pure pop-rock", the changes between verse and refrain in the second half as "folksy" and the triplet refrain in the outro as like an "R&B rave-up". Musicologist Walter Everett describes it as both folk and a "bluegrass-tinged ballad", suggesting it anticipates the "simple folk style" of McCartney's 1968 composition "Mother Nature's Son". O'Grady similarly highlights the song's folk-styled guitar contribution with underlying hints of bluegrass, comparing it to another of McCartney's 1965 compositions, "I'm Looking Through You". He further writes that both songs "[demonstrate] a split personality" through joining pop-rock with either folk or country-western. Author Chris Ingham writes "I've Just Seen a Face" indicates the Beatles' continued interest in country music, and music critic Richie Unterberger describes the "almost pure country" song as a continuation on the band's country-influenced work from the previous year, such as their album Beatles for Sale and the song "I'll Cry Instead" from A Hard Day's Night. At the same time, Unterberger counts the song as one of several Help! tracks that display the influence of folk rock on the Beatles. By contrast, O'Grady writes that the song's country-influenced vocals are sung over an instrumental accompaniment "devoid of any specific rock and roll gesture", and concludes it is the Beatles' "first authentically country-western (as opposed to country-rock or rockabilly) song". Lyrics Written in a conversational style, the lyrics of "I've Just Seen a Face" describe a love at first sight. Sung without pauses for breath or punctuation, the song conveys an adrenaline rush the singer experiences that makes him both enthusiastic and inarticulate. Author Jonathan Gould groups "I've Just Seen a Face" with several of McCartney's 1965 compositions that deal