This is an analysis of the poem My Eyes Pour Out Tears that begins with:

He left me, and himself he departed;
What fault was there in me ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB XXccXXXXXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 111101 1011100111101 11111 101111101001 101111011 0100101011 101111010 10100101010 1100010010 011111001 1111011010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, no are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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