This is an analysis of the poem Maybe I Leave My Eyes In The Skies Too Long that begins with:
I can't have my feelings just be up for grabs.
To let somebody have! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD EECD CC ABCD EECD CCCC CCCCC EECDCC ABCDC CCD CCDXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,4,4,4,5,6,5,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010111 011101 111010 1011 1111100110001 011101 111010 1011 10111100111 10111011101 11111010111 011101 111010 1011 1111100110001 011101 111010 1011 10111100111 10111011101 0111110 1010101010 10111100111 10111011101 0111110 1010101010 10111100111 1111100110001 011101 111010 1011 10111100111 10111011101 11111010111 011101 111010 1011 10111100111 10111100111 111010 1011 10111100111 111010 1011 10111100111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word maybe is repeated.
The author used the same words i, maybe at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines long is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word myself at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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