This is an analysis of the poem Fixed Eye Contact that begins with:
If it was not for ambition,
Promoted by devotion....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABXXcadXcef AABegfggf X gXggdfXaecg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,1,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111010 0101010 1101011 111 10100010 10101010 1010010 01010101011 001110 00100010010 10100010 01110110 00111010 0101010 1101011 110001 01001001 1001001 10111 0101110100 1111111010 111110 1 111 001001111 111010101 1110101 011101 1 1010 110111101 101111 01111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fixed Eye Contact;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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