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

Up from the street and the crowds that went,
Morning and midnight, to and fro, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB acac dedX cbcB fbfb gaga fgfg hihiXecec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110111 10111011 110110111 1010110101 110100111 1101110101 10110101111 1011100101 1110101101 1010110101 101100111011 101101101100 111100111 1110100101 11100100101 1010110101 1010010111 111110111 1110101011 0100111101 101101101 110110111 111110111 110100101 11101100111 101001001010 0010100101 10100101010 1100111100 10111100 1011010100 0011110110 1110110110 0101101111 10101100101 010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, him, of, them, that, to are repeated.

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

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

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