This is an analysis of the poem Eyes And Tears that begins with:

How wisely Nature did decree,
With the same Eyes to weep and see!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd aaeX eeee bbff aaee gghh eecc iijj kkgX jjcc ggll llbb eeee cXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 00110111 11010101 11010001 11010101 00110111 11110101 11011101 11110101 01010101 11110101 101101110 10011101 11010101 11010111 10110001 111100100 0101101 11010111 11011111 10110111 01010101 110101010 110101110 11011111 11011101 10011111 11110111 11000111 01110101 11011101 01001001 111010101 10110101 110010111 11110101 0100111010 101111010 11010101 110101010 00110101 11001101 11110001 11110101 11111101 11011101 11011111 11001111 11110101 11110101 11110101 111110011 1111100101 11110011 110101001 11011101 1 01010011100100 1000101001010 10010010001010 110101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; their, now, two, like are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, now are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Eyes And Tears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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