This is an analysis of the poem Inconstancy that begins with:

Blue eyes, gray eyes,
All the eyes that be, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 10110 1011101 10101 11101010 11101 0011101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; eyes is repeated.

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

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