This is an analysis of the poem Your Eyes Go Sad that begins with:

Your eyes go sad. You're not
Listening to what I say....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc adad efef XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1000111 11111 11001101 111111010 1011001 1111010 110111 10010110 111111 0101010 10101 111101 1110011 11100 011011 011010 101101 0101100 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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

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