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

The boys come home, come home from war,
With quiet eyes for quiet things --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fcfc gXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111101 01011101 010101001 011101 11011111 01010101 11010101 101101 11111101 0101101000 010000111 1100101 01011101 010111011 01011101 0010101 01110011 11111111 01100101 0110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, eyes are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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