This is an analysis of the poem More Eyes Are Opened Wide that begins with:

They wish to blame their failures,
On someone that isn't there yet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdd cdeade bXXae cXXdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 11110011 111000100110 11101 01110101011 110110 00100010 1011010010 101010111 10101010 11010 11101010 110001 1101011 001110 100011010 10110 111 00100011100 11011110101 11001000010 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; someone is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word someone is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 More Eyes Are Opened Wide;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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