This is an analysis of the poem Look Not In My Eyes, For Fear that begins with:

Look not in my eyes, for fear
Thy mirror true the sight I see, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedecfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11010111 11111111 11010111 1011111 1010101 11111111 1011011 01011111 1110101 1000101 11010101 110101110 01011101 10101010 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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