This is an analysis of the poem Good Eye Contact that begins with:
I have learned,
From the taking of surprise tests to pass......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXbbcc XbXcdbbXXdbabaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 0010001101 10010110101 111101 0101010100 1110001011101 010101010001 1011001 1011 100001001001 11101001111 00101001011 011010101011 01100110110 111100 11100101001 001001010010101 001011001001101 101 00011100 10110111 0010010111 001010 1100101 1010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 i 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 Good Eye Contact;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
