This is an analysis of the poem For Ariva that begins with:
You Eyes, you large and all-inquiring Eyes.
That look so dubiously into me, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXcca ddaeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111101001 111100001 1111010111 1101111111 1101001100 1011110100 1101011100 1111111111 1111110101 1110110101 0101011101 1100110101 1111011101 11010001000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tell is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of For Ariva;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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