This is an analysis of the poem The Eye Of The Beholder that begins with:

IF, as they tell in stories old,
The waters of Pactolus roll’d ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa bbb ccc ddd eee fff ccc ggg hhh aaa iii ggg ggg jjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 01001001 10010101 01010101 11110111 01010111 00011101 11010101 11010111 01010101 00110110 01010101 11010110 110100110 111101010 01010101 01110101 01111101 10110101 01010111 10101101 10110111 01010111 11011101 01110011 111011111 11010111 01010111 11111111 01010111 010011101 0100101001 01010101 01110101 00011111 110100001 10110101 10110101 11010001 11110111 110100101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1661
  • Average number of words per stanza: 278
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • 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; no, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, to, out are repeated.

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  • summary of The Eye Of The Beholder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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