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

Sitting alone in my room,
Alone in the gathering gloom,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbbbabbbccccbdd dbbXbdeeeffffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 01001001 101001001 10111001 11111001 101101101 1110101 011 010101 1110111 0011101 101001101 10100111 1110111 1111101 01 100111 00110111 011101 1111111 11100101 0111010 1101101 11 1100111 11001101 1101101 1111111 01101111 1111111 111111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; in, drip, alone, of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words only, of, not are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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