This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Seen A Dying Eye that begins with:

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I've seen a Dying Eye... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101 1111010 010100000100 1101000 11000010 1101001 01010100 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; then is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of I'Ve Seen A Dying Eye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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