This is an analysis of the poem The Silver-Eye that begins with:

Down among the strawberries,
Up among the plums,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXAabcb deaecfcf fgbgahXh cfcfXAda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 10101 1000101 110101 0110100 110101 11010100 110111 11010101 011111 11110110 111101 01110100 010101 0110010 1110101 01100101 011001 01010001 111111 0110100 010001 1111110 1110101 10111001 111001 01111100 011011 11010101 110101 11010111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Silver-Eye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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