This is an analysis of the poem An Eye Opener that begins with:
When people are given positions,
To perceive they have become......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdaeeXfffbff XgfX eh giihX c gaX behhi eeX d bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,2,5,1,3,5,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010 0011101 01001101111 1100001 1000100100001 11110 01000101 100001111 101101001 110111101 1010111010 0010001 00101101010101010 1101110100 0101001100100100 10010011100101 1 10101100111 11011010 010010011 101001 111110 1111011 111100 1110100110100 101001 10001101 1100010 1011 1110001111 10010011110 1100010010101 1011010 101110 10101010 1101101001110 101 10111011101 01000 110101100101 110 1010111 101010010011100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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; to, or are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase anyone connects the lines.
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- summary of An Eye Opener;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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