This is an analysis of the poem Her Eyes Say Yes that begins with:

Her eyes say Yes, her lips say No.
Ah, tell me, Love, when she denies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccaXabbcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11111101 11010111 1111010 11110 010111 11011111 110100001 01000101 1111010 11110 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; eyes is repeated.

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